Russia’s largest children's clinic opened in micro district Azino-1

Today, Russia's largest children's clinic which will serve about 70 thousand children and teenagers was opened in micro district Azion-1 in Kazan. The opening ceremony was attended by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Information and Communications of the Republic of Tatarstan Roman Shaikhutdinov and Minister of Health Care Airat Farrakhov.

The new children's clinic is part of GAUZ “Children's Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Tatarstan”. The institution will house 12 children's centers including the cardiac center, the center of vision, the chest department and others, as well as the center to help children in difficult situations.

The institution has implemented program “E-Health Care”, allowing to minimize paper work and to make medical-diagnostic process more informative and convenient for patients. Thus, terminals providing government services were installed in the hall, with which one can make an appointment to go to a doctor. The access to the Internet via Wi-Fi is provided on the floors of the building.

As stressed by Rustam Minnikhanov, the residents of Sovetsky district have been waiting for this event for many years, and it is good that a socially significant object is being opened today, on the Day of the city and the Republic. “I am confident that with the new control system, equipment and skilled personnel the clinic will provide highly professional medical support to the population. Hopefully, there will be a lot of such facilities in the Republic”, said the Head of the Republic.

Ilsur Metshin congratulated the guests of the city of Kazan and Tatarstan on the Day of the city and the Republic, and noted that most festive event of the day was the opening of the clinic. The Mayor said that earlier an adult clinic had been opened in the district, and new kindergartens had been built under Republican program “Belekech”.

It is to be recalled, that the construction of the children's clinic in Azino was among the promises of the Mayor in the elections for deputies to the Kazan City Council in 2010.

The symbolic key to the new building was officially handed over to Chief Doctor of Children's Republican Clinical Hospital Rafael Shavaliyev, after which the guests visited the new health care facility including halls, waiting areas with modules of playgrounds, and children's café “Jungle”.

Over the past 10 years the child population in micro district Azino increased by 2.5 times. However, the clinic can serve not only the children of Sovetsky area. Primary, as well as consulting and diagnostic medical assistance will be rendered to Kazan citizens aged 0 to 17 inclusive, living in Privolzhsky and Vakhitovsky areas of the city.