One of world leaders in the sphere of public catering to be engaged into organization of catering at Kazan medical institutions
11 May 2011, Wednesday
One of the largest companies in the sphere of organization of public catering – French «Sodexo» may be engaged into organization of catering at Kazan medical institutions. Today the project was presented at a meeting of RT Premier Ildar Khalikov with Director-general of «Sodexo» in Russia Edi Perisic.
RT Minister of health care Airat Farrakhov and Head of Department of Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service on RT Marina Patyashina took part in the meeting.
In Tatarstan «Sodexo» provides 22 000 meals daily for employees of “KAMAZ” and patients of reconstructed emergency hospital in Naberezhnie Chelny. Ildar Kahlikov thanked «Sodexo» for providing high-quality nourishment on behalf of “KAMAZ” employees and patients of the hospital.
It was noted that «Sodexo» company had shown itself to good advantage in reconstructed emergency hospital in Naberezhnie Chelny thus republic is ready to consider possibility of expanding outsourcing in the sphere of catering at republican and municipal hospitals located in Kazan.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
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.