Over Br200 billion was allocated in January-October for the development of medical institutions in the Vitebsk region

November 7, Sharkovshchina / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Over Br200 billion has been invested in the construction and reconstruction of healthcare facilities in the Vitebsk region in January-October. This was announced today by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, at the opening ceremony of the Sharkovshchina Central District Hospital, according to a BELTA correspondent. "In 2012, about Br300 billion is planned for construction, reconstruction, capital and current repairs of healthcare facilities in the region. Over Br200 billion has been invested in 10 months," said Alexander Kosinets, noting that significant investments aimed at developing the healthcare system have allowed for the commissioning of 62 facilities this year. These include the children's polyclinic No. 2 with an extension on Chkalov Street in Vitebsk. Some premises have been modernized: in Vitebsk City Clinical Polyclinic No. 3 - for the installation of an X-ray machine, in Vitebsk City Central Polyclinic No. 1 - for the placement of the "Pulmoscan 760" X-ray diagnostic system, in the regional oncology dispensary - for the installation of computed and magnetic resonance tomographs, and a linear accelerator. The maternity hospital buildings in Orsha, the department of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Psychiatry and Narcology, the children's consultation of the Beshenkovichi Central District Hospital have also been reconstructed, and 26 facilities in rural areas have been repaired. Transformations have also affected medical facilities in Ushachi, Polotsk, and the Postavy district. Currently, the construction of a polyclinic in the Yug-7 microdistrict in Vitebsk, the reconstruction of the children's regional clinical hospital building, Vitebsk City Central Clinical Hospital on Gorky Street, the main building in Novopolotsk, the therapeutic building of City Hospital No. 1 named after Semashko in Orsha, and the modernization of the regional clinical hospital and Bogushevsk Regional Tuberculosis Hospital are ongoing. Reconstruction work on the therapeutic building of Vitebsk City Emergency Hospital and the "Trud" factory building for a blood transfusion station, modernization of the operating unit and anesthesiology department of Vitebsk Regional Clinical Children's Hospital, etc., are nearing completion. In addition, this year the design and estimate documentation was adjusted, and the construction of the Miory Central District Hospital was resumed. Its commissioning is planned for 2013. "This is also a 25-year-long unfinished construction. When we started working on it, half of the hospital had to be dismantled due to the threat of collapse. Now, construction work on this facility is proceeding intensively, and it is planned to be commissioned by the 'Slavianski Bazaar'," noted the chairman of the regional executive committee. He also added that a significant volume of investments in the development of healthcare facilities in the Vitebsk region will be directed in 2013 as well. The implementation of these projects is being carried out within the framework of the "Health" subprogram of the Regional Program for Innovative and Investment Development of the Vitebsk Region, which is aimed at improving the health of the population.-0-