Putin met with Health Minister Murashko

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko held a working meeting, reported Kremlin press office.

The Minister told the President that more than 1.2 billion calls per year were recorded within the primary health care system. “This is really one of the most significant and massive types of medical care,” Murashko said.

According to the minister, as part of the modernization of primary care, about 4,000 new facilities were built and created, including polyclinics and feldsher-obstetric stations (FAPs). 2800 medical organizations were also repaired.

Murashko also spoke about the Digital FAP program, which allows paramedics to “consult” with the patient. In addition, about 35,000 FAPs received licenses in accordance with the instructions of the President. “There were many requests when the population asked to open a pharmacy, but the population is small, and the pharmacy is simply unprofitable. Therefore, we have followed the path of your instruction,” the minister said.

On March 1, 2018, following the President’s message to the Federal Assembly at the time, the government decided to allocation additional funds for the creation of feldsher and mobile first-aid posts in the villages. Then Putin said that the Cabinet of Ministers allocated about 1.3 billion rubles. additionally, and another 2.5 billion rubles. – for mobile first-aid posts, additional funds have been allocated for the training of medical specialists.