Medical Worker Day () is a professional holiday of medical staff which used to be celebrated in the

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and still continues to be celebrated in many

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. In most cases, the date of celebration is the third

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of June.

History

Medical Worker Day has been celebrated since 1988, when

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edited its decree "About commemorative dates and observances" dated 1980.

Country coverage

Currently, Medical Worker Day is officially celebrated in

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

, and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. It is celebrated every year on the third

of June in all the above countries besides

(on June 17 annually) and Ukraine (annually until 2022). In

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, Medical Worker Day was officially celebrated from 1994 to 2022.{{Cite web, url=http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/U281_94.html, title=Указ Президента №281/94 от 03.06.1994, Про День медичного працівника, website=search.ligazakon.ua, access-date=2018-06-29 Since 2023, in accordance with Decree of the President of Ukraine dated June 13, 2023 No. 327/2023, the annual celebration on July 27 of another holiday, Medical Workers Day, has been established.

References

Observances in Russia Observances in Kazakhstan Observances in Moldova Observances in Latvia Observances in Armenia Public holidays in Belarus Public holidays in Azerbaijan Public holidays in the Soviet Union

History

Country coverage

See also

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