Vladimir Putin holds a video conference to discuss the modernisation of regional healthcare systems
“Starting January 1, 2011 we will implement modernisation programmes that are designed to upgrade regional hospitals and clinics – providing them with new equipment and promoting the adoption of new technology and new medical standards. We will have the additional opportunity to raise salaries in the industry.” Vladimir Putin
At a video conference to discuss the modernisation of regional healthcare systems
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's introductory remarks:
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
We planned to gather in Kaliningrad today, but are unable to do so because of bad weather. As a result, we'll have a video conference instead. The topic of our discussion remains the same: the modernisation programmes for regional healthcare systems. We have been addressing this issue sequentially with the following considerations: modernising the healthcare system, improving the quality of medical services, and making them more affordable.
We have recently completed a major phase of this work and have adopted a new law on mandatory medical insurance. This is really a very important step. Without this legislation, we'd be unable to implement the healthcare modernisation programmes as planned. We approached a line beyond which we needed to take concrete steps.
We have created an effective mechanism to ensure that people can receive medical services for free, as guaranteed by the state. I'd like to emphasise that these services are of the appropriate quality, or at least so it should be.
Starting January 1, 2011 we will implement modernisation programmes that are designed to upgrade regional hospitals and clinics – providing them with new equipment and promoting the adoption of new technology and new medical standards. We will have the additional opportunity to raise salaries in the industry.
The regions are drafting their programmes as we speak. Incidentally, we discussed them at a recent meeting in Ivanovo. However, given the importance and scale of the problems in question, we'll need to bring these issues back up at future meetings. The government is allotting significant funds for these purposes, and they must be used rationally.
Today we will review the progress made on these programmes together with the heads of the regions in the Northwestern Federal District. In particular, we'll focus on the situation in the Kaliningrad Region. This approach will allow us to look closer at the actual problems faced by each region.
We understand that the Kaliningrad Region is a unique region – an enclave. Local hospitals and clinics must provide all necessary services and meet the most advanced medical standards since people here do not always have the opportunity to go to hospitals or clinics in other regions.
Last year a prenatal centre was opened in the Kaliningrad Region, and next year we'll finish construction on a federal centre for cardiovascular surgery. The region received 455.8 million roubles through the national "Health" project. This is in addition to the 635 million roubles and 2.3 billion roubles that the federal government allocated for the prenatal centre and the surgery centre, respectively. The funds allotted through "Health" were used to raise the salaries of lower-level medical staff and to purchase over 100 ambulances, including ones that can be used to provide emergency medical aid on roads.
I'd like to reiterate that birth rates in the Kaliningrad Region have increased by almost 30% since 2005, while mortality rates have fallen by some 20% – and in particular by 38% in the able-bodied population. These are good figures. Nevertheless, many people in the Kaliningrad Region are dissatisfied with the local healthcare system, and I can understand why.
Most of local medical facilities need renovation or even reconstruction. Hospitals and clinics don't have enough equipment and sometimes even lack sufficient doctors or nurses. Kaliningrad is number two on the list of regions facing a shortage of medical personnel. All these problems will be addressed through the regional modernisation programme.
More to be posted soon...
http://premier.gov.ru/eng/events/news/13181/
At a video conference to discuss the modernisation of regional healthcare systems
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's introductory remarks:
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
We planned to gather in Kaliningrad today, but are unable to do so because of bad weather. As a result, we'll have a video conference instead. The topic of our discussion remains the same: the modernisation programmes for regional healthcare systems. We have been addressing this issue sequentially with the following considerations: modernising the healthcare system, improving the quality of medical services, and making them more affordable.
We have recently completed a major phase of this work and have adopted a new law on mandatory medical insurance. This is really a very important step. Without this legislation, we'd be unable to implement the healthcare modernisation programmes as planned. We approached a line beyond which we needed to take concrete steps.
We have created an effective mechanism to ensure that people can receive medical services for free, as guaranteed by the state. I'd like to emphasise that these services are of the appropriate quality, or at least so it should be.
Starting January 1, 2011 we will implement modernisation programmes that are designed to upgrade regional hospitals and clinics – providing them with new equipment and promoting the adoption of new technology and new medical standards. We will have the additional opportunity to raise salaries in the industry.
The regions are drafting their programmes as we speak. Incidentally, we discussed them at a recent meeting in Ivanovo. However, given the importance and scale of the problems in question, we'll need to bring these issues back up at future meetings. The government is allotting significant funds for these purposes, and they must be used rationally.
Today we will review the progress made on these programmes together with the heads of the regions in the Northwestern Federal District. In particular, we'll focus on the situation in the Kaliningrad Region. This approach will allow us to look closer at the actual problems faced by each region.
We understand that the Kaliningrad Region is a unique region – an enclave. Local hospitals and clinics must provide all necessary services and meet the most advanced medical standards since people here do not always have the opportunity to go to hospitals or clinics in other regions.
Last year a prenatal centre was opened in the Kaliningrad Region, and next year we'll finish construction on a federal centre for cardiovascular surgery. The region received 455.8 million roubles through the national "Health" project. This is in addition to the 635 million roubles and 2.3 billion roubles that the federal government allocated for the prenatal centre and the surgery centre, respectively. The funds allotted through "Health" were used to raise the salaries of lower-level medical staff and to purchase over 100 ambulances, including ones that can be used to provide emergency medical aid on roads.
I'd like to reiterate that birth rates in the Kaliningrad Region have increased by almost 30% since 2005, while mortality rates have fallen by some 20% – and in particular by 38% in the able-bodied population. These are good figures. Nevertheless, many people in the Kaliningrad Region are dissatisfied with the local healthcare system, and I can understand why.
Most of local medical facilities need renovation or even reconstruction. Hospitals and clinics don't have enough equipment and sometimes even lack sufficient doctors or nurses. Kaliningrad is number two on the list of regions facing a shortage of medical personnel. All these problems will be addressed through the regional modernisation programme.
More to be posted soon...
http://premier.gov.ru/eng/events/news/13181/
