__ira Chyzh

__Chief state health officer

__Today the service in the region is represented by the collective of more than a thousand specialists, two municipal,

__13 district and regional sanitary-epidemiological stations and Uzhhorod disinfection station. All laboratories of anti-epidemic and sanitary-hygienic type of service got state accreditation, leading the level of technical equipment and introduction of modern laboratory technologies, professionalism and competence to the state acknowledgement.

__Presently there are the specialists of 33 specialities, 253 doctors, 3 of them are candidates of medical sciences;

__17 specialists with higher non-medical education, 430 medical workers and 74 workers of junior medical staff. Also there are 256 people of additional personnel. 165 people of the total quantity of doctors were attested (65,2%), 92 doctors have higher qualifying category; doctors-organizers of health protection have 100% attesting.

__Executing its professional duty, sanitary-epidemiological service provides sanitary-epidemiological well-being of the region during last years, influencing on the openness of borders, economic development, tourism, international relationships and local business development.

__96 Sobranetska Street

__Uzhhorod 88000

__tel.: (03122) 4-35-65

__E-mail: oblses@uzh.ukrtel.net