Rustam Minnikhanov visits Rehabilitation center for handicapped children and youth in Kazan
24 August 2011, Wednesday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited Rehabilitation center for handicapped children and youth (Kazan, Zorge st., 103). Head of republic got to know about activity of the centre, looked over the rooms and spoke to parents whose children visit this institution.
Rustam Minnikhanov and his party overviewed physiotherapy room, logopedist room, sensory and rehabilitation rooms.
In one of the halls handicapped children showed a small performance prepared specially for Day of knowledge. President of Tatarstan handed schoolbags to the children. Later on he visited computer class where senior students were training. Director of the institution Zulfa Aminova told about facilities of rehabilitation centre.
Minister of labor, employment and social care Airat Shafigullin presented conception of creating new centre with extended functions – Republican scientific-practical centre of complex rehabilitation of the disabled (on the basis of existing centre).
The purpose of creating such centre is providing fixed level of social guarantees, rendering rehabilitation services, including professional, social, psychological rehabilitation to disabled and handicapped people.
Rustam Minnikhanov got to know about construction schedule and sketches.
Head of republic was accompanied by RT Minister of health care Airat Farrakhov and Aide to RT President on social issues Tatiana Larionova.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials