14 ambulances for district hospitals purchased in NKR

This year, at the initiative of the President, the implementation of the National Project “Modernization of Rural Healthcare” was launched, which will increase the availability of medical care in the regions and ensure the timely provision of emergency assistance to the rural population.

As part of this work, 14 units of ambulance vehicles were purchased in the North Kazakhstan region, which are sent to the regions and will provide services to the villagers. Akim of the North Kazakhstan region Aidarbek Saparov took part in the ceremony of handing over the keys to new cars and talked with the chief doctors of regional hospitals.

Thanks to the new acquisition, the depreciation of vehicles in the region will decrease from 73% to 63%. In total, there is a need to update 45 vehicles in the region. To solve this problem, work will continue on updating the fleet of vehicles. In 2023, it is planned to purchase about 10 more vehicles.

“As part of the National Project, 46 medical facilities will be built in the villages. These are a polyclinic, medical outpatient clinics, feldsher-obstetric and medical centers,” the head of the region Aidarbek Saparov said.

Also on this day, the head of the region, Aidarbek Saparov, inspected the work of the regional hospital, the cardiological center and the multidisciplinary city hospital, talked with patients.

Akim of the region noted that it is necessary to strengthen the work on providing personnel and equipping hospitals with medical equipment.

This year, 5 billion tenge has been allocated in the region for the purchase of medical equipment. Angiographs, expert-class ultrasound, endoscopic, resuscitation and radiographic equipment will be supplied to hospitals.

“For example, in order to develop a cardiology service, we are acquiring 2 digital angiographs for a cardiological center and a stroke center in a multidisciplinary city hospital. Modern equipment is designed to perform surgery for stroke and heart attack,” the Akim of the region added.

This year, 2 polyclinics will be opened in the microdistrict. "Bereke" and "Zhas Orken".

Also in 2023, major repairs of healthcare facilities will be carried out. 1.5 billion tenge will be allocated for these purposes.