Ildar Khalikov takes part in All-Russia meeting on health care modernization
28 June 2012, Thursday
The Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov has attended All-Russia meeting on issues of implementation of regional programs on health care modernization. The video conference meeting was held by the RF Vice-premier Olga Golodets.
She informed that 625 bln roubles have been provided for realization of regional programs on health care modernization in 2011-2012. These funds will first of all be spent on upgrading material and technical infrastructure of the industry.
For now, 874 medical institutions have been completely repaired, current repair has been implemented in 107 institutions.
According to the Vice-premier, 106 thousand items of medical equipment have been delivered to medical institutions.
Russian Minister of health care Veronika Skvortsova specified goals to be realized in the sphere of health care modernization. Regional modernization programs are aimed at creating three-level system of medical services consisted of medical institutions of primary health care, intermunicipal centers and regional medical centers, the minister said. At the same time, all institutions must be united in one information network.
Veronika Skvortsova also mentioned several factors to work on, such as increase of deaths from cardiovascular diseases, tuberculosis, and road accidents.
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