O. Nurekenov, the chief physician of the Altai district, told about the work carried out in 2022 and plans for 2023 during a press conference for journalists of local media.

In the Altai region, the number of people attached to the interdistrict hospital is 49,226, of which: urban – 38,184 (77.6%), rural - 11,042 (22.4%).The number of the serviced population is only 120,000 people.
There are 115 doctors in the district, 463 nursing staff, 4 specialists arrived last year, and today there is a shortage of medical personnel – 22 specialists.
26 employees have been trained to provide emergency care. For 5 years, 2 doctors have been trained in England and Israel on the profile of a rehabilitologist, neurologist. In 2020, the interdistrict center for percutaneous intervention (PCI) was opened, with the installation of an angiograph. An interventionist cardiologist was trained in an Israeli clinic in 2021.
Maternal mortality in the Altai region has not been registered, there is a decrease in infant mortality by 38% from the level of 2018. The percentage of nursing premature babies increased to 70% with low body weight.
In 2021, surgeons introduced transurethral resection of the prostate gland. In 2021-2022, 1821 operations and manipulations on the musculoskeletal system were performed by traumatologists. 3 surgeons and 5 traumatologists are trained in Israel, 3 more doctors are planned to be trained this year.
It is planned to purchase medical equipment in the amount of 1.2 billion tenge in 2023.The interdistrict hospital will enable residents not only of the Altai district, but also of the Katon-Karagay, Kurchum districts, the city of Serebryansk, the village of Novaya Bukhtarma to get access to highly specialized and specialized medical care and examination. This increases the number of serviced residents to 120 thousand people.
The main tasks of the district's healthcare in 2023: the introduction of high-tech medical services (VTMP), modernization of the MO structure to the level of an Interdistrict multidisciplinary Hospital, monitoring the indicators of the National Project "High-quality and affordable healthcare for every citizen "Healthy Nation", the implementation of the indicators of the "Road maps for specialized services" according to the action plan, continue work on attracting medical personnel, increasing the level of satisfaction of the population with the quality of medical services.