The meeting was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov; deputy prime ministers Tatyana Golikova, Alexander Novak, Alexei Overchuk, Dmitry Patrushev, Marat Khusnullin, and Dmitry Chernyshenko; Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko; Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev; Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov; Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov. Also invited to the meeting were Minister of Labour and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, Governor of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina, Ivanovo Region Governor and Chairman of the State Council Commission on Long and Active Life Stanislav Voskresensky, Head of the Federal Tax Service Daniil Yegorov, and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Russian Popular Front Mikhail Kuznetsov.
Before the main issues on the agenda was addressed, several regional healthcare facilities were inaugurated via videoconference.
A regional clinical oncology dispensary clinic with 570 units of major modern medical equipment has opened in Smolensk.
In the Stavropol Territory, a new building of the Kislovodsk City Hospital with a surgery suite, a medical receiving unit and an intensive care unit has been launched.
Construction has also been completed on a new building for Vladivostok Outpatient Clinic No. 9 in Trudovoye, Primorye Territory, which now provides both primary and specialised medical care.
Meanwhile, a children’s outpatient unit of the Pavlovskaya Central District Hospital has opened in the village of Pavlovskaya, Krasnodar Territory, serving more than 10,000 registered patients.
Additionally, a new microbiology laboratory at the Kalinin Republican Hospital has begun operating in Donetsk. Its work is expected to improve the accuracy and speed of diagnosing infectious diseases.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, good afternoon.
Today, we are connecting with a number of regions where significant healthcare projects have been implemented in recent years like in many other constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
For example, new medical facilities have been built in the Krasnodar, Stavropol, and Primorye territories, the Smolensk Region, and the Donetsk People’s Republic.
I would like to thank everyone who contributed to it for their dedicated work, and I extend my best wishes to the specialists serving at these facilities and their personnel.
Such modern, well-equipped hospitals, outpatient clinics, oncology centres, and diagnostic laboratories are essential for our citizens. They support families, mothers and children, provide care for the elderly, improve overall quality of life, and contribute to addressing demographic challenges and safeguarding the nation’s future. Once again, this remains a national priority for many years ahead.
I would also like to remind you that, in order to improve the quality and accessibility of medical care, we are implementing a large-scale project to modernise the primary healthcare system – the tier closest to the people, the one citizens and families turn to first for assistance.
Over the past five years, significant funds have been allocated for this project – 586.8 billion rubles. Of this amount, 485.4 billion rubles came from the federal budget, and 101.4 billion rubles were provided by regional budgets.
In total, more than 6,100 primary healthcare facilities have been constructed, including paramedic and midwifery stations and outpatient clinics in rural areas, remote towns, and villages. Additionally, over 7,800 medical facilities have undergone major renovations. Across Russia, more than 225,000 units of medical equipment and 20,400 specialised vehicles have been procured.
We will certainly continue to expand the capacity of primary healthcare institutions and all levels of the healthcare system, improve the remuneration system for medical workers, enhance their professional training, and develop new competencies based on modern scientific and technological advancements. We will also accelerate the introduction of advanced platform and digital technologies into the sector and do everything possible to ensure that medical professionals work in modern, comfortable conditions and that citizens can receive qualified assistance promptly, regardless of where they live or work.
In this regard, a fundamental requirement is the balanced and harmonious development of healthcare infrastructure, including the construction of new and the reconstruction of existing primary healthcare facilities. This work must be carried out in every region of Russia: in small towns and rural areas, industrial and administrative centres, regional capitals, and large metropolitan areas. Let me reiterate: the quality and accessibility of medical care must improve across the entire territory of our vast country.
I want to stress that when we are planning integrated development of new residential areas, or drawing up development plans for our towns and cities, we absolutely have to take into account people’s need for social infrastructure – and that includes medical facilities. Urban development policy needs to be shaped around this principle, and we have to make sure we are engaging properly with businesses, construction firms, and developers.
I would also like to reiterate how important it is to push ahead with the rollout of platform solutions and modern digital technologies. There is no doubt that this is where the future lies. They help reduce the risk of medical errors, they speed up diagnosis and, just as importantly, they improve its accuracy. Ultimately, they make doctors and the healthcare system as a whole more effective.
Moscow, for example, is one of the leading regions in this field, and has already introduced a cutting-edge digital platform in healthcare – I remember being shown how it works. Crucially, its services are now being used by medical organisations in most regions of the Russian Federation.
I would like to thank my colleagues in the Moscow Government for making it possible for other regions to connect to this platform. And I want to reiterate: these kinds of digital technologies need to be developed further and applied more widely.
In tackling these challenges, I am counting on effective, coordinated action from all levels of government, and on the commitment of our domestic institutions to working responsibly, focusing on delivering maximum results and responding to feedback from citizens.
Today, we will be looking at progress on the modernisation of primary healthcare. I have touched on some of the results already, and I would now ask you to give us a fuller picture – what has already been achieved, and where we need to focus our attention going forward.
So, let’s get started. I will hand over the floor first to Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko. Then we will hear from our colleagues from the regions. Over to you.
To be continued.