Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Russian Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova

On May 14, at their meeting at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova discussed further steps of the modernization of the healthcare, issues related to the improvement of performance of medical workers, and upgrade of equipment and technologies in the industry.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Airat Farrakhov, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Aide to Tatarstan President on Social Issues Tatyana Larionova, Tatarstan Minister of Health Adel Vafin and other officials took part in the meeting.

To the point, Veronika Skvortsova arrived in Kazan on a working visit (May 13-14) to attend solemn events dated to the 200th anniversary of Kazan State Medical University.

Today, Veronika Skvortsova visited Azino children’s polyclinic, took part in the opening ceremony of the Regional Blood Center and spoke at the general meeting of the interregional public organisation "Board of Rectors of Russian medical and pharmaceutical higher educational institutions".

Veronika Skvortsova highly estimated the changes that are taking place in the healthcare sphere in Tatarstan in the context of the modernization of the industry. “We have seen positive changes to the health sphere in Tatarstan, which, in my opinion, should become known in the whole country,” the Minister said in particular.