We only make doctors work in health camps by appealing to their patriotism, says Andrei Kondratiev. Part 1

The chief concern is a lack of qualified chaperones. In 2012-2013, over 1,400 chaperones were trained within a programme called Children of Tatarstan, formed according to all the modern requirements. The number is, however, as little as 10 percent of the total number of teaching staff engaged in the local children’s recreation and health improvement system, 10,656 teachers being needed, to provide adequate service. The lack of staff was mostly accounted for by a lack of financing, said A. Kondratiev. About 25 percent of the available teaching staff annually refuse to do the work.