Medical Worker Day (Russian: День медицинского работника, romanized: Den' Meditsinskava Rabotnika) is a professional holiday of medical staff which used to be celebrated in the Soviet Union and still continues to be celebrated in many post-Soviet countries. In most cases, the date of celebration is the third Sunday of June.^[1]

Medical Worker Day has been celebrated since 1988, when Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union edited its decree "About commemorative dates and observances" dated 1980.^[2]

Currently, Medical Worker Day is officially celebrated in Russia,^[3] Belarus,^{[citation needed]} Kazakhstan,^[4] Latvia,^[5] Moldova,^[6] Armenia,^[7] and Azerbaijan. It is celebrated every year on the third Sunday of June in all the above countries besides Azerbaijan (on June 17 annually)^[8] and Ukraine (annually until 2022).^[9]

In Ukraine, Medical Worker Day was officially celebrated from 1994 to 2022.^[10] 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.^[9]

• International Nurses Day
• National Doctors' Day