OREANDA-NEWS. Sergei Sobyanin briefed the President on the state and development prospects of Moscow’s healthcare system and transport infrastructure.

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Mr Sobyanin, we have just discussed healthcare development in the entire country. As I said, there are certain positive trends that we highlighted during today’s meeting, although there are some problems as well.

First of all, the increase in salaries for doctors and medical personnel at various levels has varied from region to region. Overall, it looks good throughout the nation, but it differs depending on the region. Second, the growth for different categories of medical professionals also varies, and here, we have certain issues that need to be resolved.

There are some questions pertaining to financing federal medical centres. I hope that after today’s meeting, these issues will be resolved. But Moscow ultimately holds a special place. I know that you devote a lot of time to developing healthcare. We have even worked on it together in taking measures to provide financing to regions within the framework of the three-year programme.

I would like to hear directly from you how healthcare is developing in the capital – what has been done recently, what has not been done and why, and what you are planning to do in the near future.