The problem of medical staff shortage in the system of provincial medicine of the Tula province at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

The article examines the problem of staffing zemstvo medicine in the Tula province at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The shortage of medical personnel in the province, which was present throughout almost the entire period of the zemstvo medicine existence, was one of the main negative factors in the development of protection of public health system. The study identified the main reasons for the small number of doctors in the Tula province and also provided the socio-economic characteristics of the medical personnel of the region. The author comes to the conclusion that zemstvo was unable to create an attractive and promising model and conditions of service for medical personnel in the province.