Calendar of medical holidays 2020
Friends, we offer you a calendar of medical holidays for 2020. Now you don't need to count which date is the doctor's day in 2020, and when is the nurse's day. Save the list so it's always at hand!
If you see that the list is missing a medical holiday - please write about it in the comments so that we add it
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February
February 4 is World Cancer Day.
February 7 - All-Ukrainian Massage Therapist Day.
February 9 - International Day of the Dentist.
February 11 is the World Day of the Sick.
February 15 is the International Day of Children with Cancer.
February 29 is the International Day of Rare Diseases.
March
March 1 is World Immunity Day.
March 3 - International Ear and Hearing Health Day.
March 6 is the International Dentist's Day.
March 12 (the second Thursday of March) is World Kidney Day.
March 13 (Friday of the second full Sunday in March) is World Sleep Day.
March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day.
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day.
March 26 - "Purple Day" (Day of Epilepsy Patients).
March 27 - Nephrologist's Day.
April
April 7 is World Health Day.
April 17 is World Hemophilia Day.
April 25 is International DNA Day.
April 25 (the last Saturday in April) is the International Day of the Veterinarian (Veterinarian's Day).
May
May 5 - World Midwife Day (Midwife Day).
May 5 (the first Tuesday of May) is World Asthma Day.
May 8 is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.
May 12 - World Nurses' Day (Nurse's Day).
May 17 - Pulmonologist's Day.
May 19 is World Family Doctor Day.
May 20 is World Traumatologist Day.
May 25 is World Thyroid Day.
May 27 (the last Wednesday of May) is World Multiple Sclerosis Day.
May 29 is World Digestive Health Day.
June
June 14 is World Blood Donor Day.
June 21 (the third Sunday of June) - Day of the doctor.
July
July 6 - World Cardiologist Day.
July 22 - World Brain Day.
July 25 - Day of the dental technician.
July 28 is World Hepatitis Day.
August
August 6 - International Day "Doctors of the World for Peace".
August 8 - International Day of Ophthalmology (Day of Ophthalmologist).
August 9 (the first Sunday of August) is the Day of the Veterinary Medicine Worker in Ukraine (Veterinarian Day).
September
September 8 - International Physiotherapist Day.
September 9 – Cosmetology and Beauty Day (Cosmetologist Day).
September 12 (the second Saturday of September) is World First Aid Day.
September 19 (the third Saturday of September) is the Day of the Pharmaceutical Worker of Ukraine (Pharmacist's Day). Day of the surgeon.
September 26 is World Contraception Day.
September 27 (the last Sunday of September) is World Heart Day. International Day of the Deaf.
September 29 - Day of the otolaryngologist (Day of the ENT).
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October
October 1 - Gerontologist's Day.
October 2 - Urologist's Day.
October 5 (the first Monday of October) is International Doctor's Day.
October 8 (the second Thursday of October) is World Sight Day.
October 10 is World Mental Health Day.
October 11 (the second Sunday of October) is the Day of Employees of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of Ukraine.
October 12 is World Arthritis Day.
October 14 is World Spirometry and Lung Health Day.
October 15 is World Handwashing Day.
October 16 is the World Day of Anesthesiologists and Intensivists. Day of the allergist.
October 17 is District Therapist Day.
October 20 is World Breast Cancer Day.
October 24 is World Polio Day.
October 29 is Ultrasound Diagnostics Day. World Stroke Day. World Psoriasis Day.
November
November 8 - Radiologist's Day.
November 11 - Ophthalmologist's Day.
November 12 is World Pneumonia Day.
November 14 is World Diabetes Day. Endocrinologist's Day.
November 14 is the International Speech Therapist Day.
November 20 - Pediatrician's Day.
December
December 1 - Neurologist's Day.
