On October 24, Acting Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in an extraordinary meeting of Ministry of Health of the republic at the Kazan Educational Center of Advance Medical Technologies.
Opening the meeting Khalikov noted it is dedicated to the discussion of measures to minimize the "petty corruption” in the health sector.
Making a keynote report at the meeting, Tatarstan Minister of Health Adel Vafin reminded, in particular, that speaking at a meeting of the Commission for coordinating work to fight against corruption in the republic held on October 17, 2016 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov severely criticized the health-care system for providing paid medical services, bribery, and other manifestations of corruption.
The Minister said that the number of reported crimes in the sphere of healthсare and social welfare has doubled. Vafin said that professional medical community should create an intolerable environment towards any manifestations of corruption.