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Derais SM Clinic

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The multidisciplinary medical holding SM-Klinik is the largest network of multidisciplinary medical centers for adults and children, leading the history of its existence since 2002.

Aktivs

As of July 2023, the SM-Clinic group of companies includes 29 medical centers in 5 regions of the country: Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Ryazan and Ivanovo.

SM-Clinic on the street. Senezhskaya. Photo: napopravku.ru

Performance indicators

2021: Revenue growth by 25% to RUB 15.7 billion

The revenue of the SM-Clinic network in 2021 reached 15.7 billion rubles, which is 25% higher than sales a year ago. Such data were published in April 2022.

The SM-Clinic network noted an increase in demand for hospital services - by 31% against 2020. The main areas were general surgery, coloproctology, plastic surgery, urology and otolaryngology.

SM-Clinic opened another branch in St. Petersburg in 2021. The area of ​ ​ the medical center, located in the Kupchino metro area, is 1,550 square meters. m In addition, a children's medical center with a round-the-clock hospital in Moscow, whose investments in the project amounted to about 650 million rubles, and a medical center in Ivanovo with an investment volume of 682 million rubles.

SM-Clinic is a federal network of private clinics. Branches are located in Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Ryazan (data at the end of 2021).

2020: Revenue growth by 19.27% to RUB 12.50 billion

In 2020, SM-Clinic's revenue reached 12.150 billion rubles, which is 19.27% more than a year earlier. 96% in it fell on direct payments of patients, another 4% - on VHI.

Number of patients: 603 187[1].

History

2024: Patient's death after abdominal lift surgery

On April 16, 2024, the Golovinsky Interdistrict Investigation Department of the Investigation Department for the Northern Administrative District of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the city of Moscow opened a criminal case on the death of a patient in the capital's SM-Clinic. A woman born in 1984 died after abdominal abdominoplasty.

The goal of abdominoplasty is to achieve aesthetically attractive proportions of the abdomen and create a waist by surgical methods. This is one of the most popular plastic surgeries, which is carried out after a significant decrease in body weight, after childbirth, with weakness of the muscle frame, etc.

A criminal case has been initiated on the death of a patient in the capital's SM-Clinic

It is reported that a 40-year-old Muscovite decided to do a tummy lift at SM-Clinic, located in the north of Moscow. The procedure was performed on April 14, 2024, and the next day the woman complained of poor health. The doctors tried to help the patient, but her condition deteriorated sharply. The woman was transferred to intensive care, after which she died.

The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (provision of services that do not meet the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers, resulting in death). Investigators search the clinic, study and seize medical and service documentation, as well as perform other investigative and procedural actions aimed at establishing a complete picture of the incident. It is planned to conduct several forensic examinations, including medical.

The husband of the deceased said that she decided to undergo plastic surgery after giving birth. REN TV, citing information received from the clinic staff, reports that a detached blood clot could have caused the patient's death. The medical institution does not disclose details, indicating medical secrecy.[2]

2023

Transfer of the center to another building for 0.5 billion rubles

SM-Clinic moved the reproductive health center in Moscow to a new building and spent 0.5 billion rubles on it. The press service of the company announced this on October 13, 2023. Read more here.

Opening of a branch near the Solntsevo metro station

On July 18, 2023, the SM-Klinik group of companies informed Zdrav.Expert about the opening of a department near the Solntsevo metro station. The multidisciplinary medical center at 52 Bogdanova Street became the 29th division of the holding. The total amount of investments in its opening is about 250 million rubles.

«СМ-Клиника» запустила медцентр в To Moscow for 250 million rubles

The newly opened department of SM-Clinic occupies a separate 4-storey building with an area of ​ ​ 4800 sq.m. Previously, the EMC clinic operated at this address. It is planned that every month the clinic will be able to receive more than 7 thousand patients who will be able to receive qualified care in more than forty medical areas. The clinic will include outpatient and dental departments for adults and children, as well as a day hospital in the areas of therapy, gynecology and urology.

As of July 18, 2023, a department for adults has already been opened, and in the near future the clinic will acquire a family format - children will also be admitted here. The children's department will be represented, among other things, by such narrow specialists as a children's cardiologist, a children's endocrinologist, a children's urologist-andrologist.

It is planned to provide patients with a wide range of diagnostic services: CT, MRI, X-ray, Holter monitoring, daily blood pressure monitoring, EchoCG, tredmil test, bicycle ergometry. At the same time, ECG, FVD, ultrasound, gastro- and colonoscopy are already being carried out, including under sedation. The center is equipped with equipment of the latest generation of leading manufacturers of medical devices from Israel, Japan, Germany.

The day hospital will begin its work very soon - there will be therapeutic treatment, as well as outpatient surgical interventions in gynecology and urology. The clinic provides a large department of physiotherapy, it is necessary to undergo recovery from various diseases.

According to Svetlana Komarova, chief physician of SM-Clinic in Solntsevo, special attention will be paid to the rehabilitation of patients who have undergone, stroke, myocardial infarction operations on, vessels hearts suffering from IBS diseases of the broncho-pulmonary system, spine, articulate pathologies, after prosthetics, as well as the rehabilitation of children with physical development disorders.

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"A modern equipped physiotherapy room will be opened, where qualified doctors of the exercise therapy complex select a set of exercises individually for each patient," she added.
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Another emphasis will be placed on the development of the surdological service: the clinic is equipped with a sound-insulating room for hearing research, and the appointment will be conducted by a surdologist with extensive practical experience.

The clinic's extensive facilities will also complement the dentistry department for adults and children. Treatment of caries, professional brushing of teeth, installation of dental implants, restoration of bone tissue volume, elimination of aesthetic defects with the help of veneers, crowns and braces, treatment of diseases of dösen and oral cavity - this is not a complete list of services that will soon become available to patients "SM-Clinics" in Solntsevo, noted in the holding.

As of July 2023, the SM-Clinic holding unites 29 clinics in 5 regions of Russia, where more than 680 thousand patients are served annually.

SM-Klinik bought a EMS medical center in Moscow

On May 31, 2023, it became known that the SM-Clinic holding was acquiring one of the institutions owned by the European Medical Center (EMS). Read more here.

Opening a medical center in St. Petersburg for 460 million rubles

In May 2023, the SM-Klinik holding opened a new multidisciplinary medical center in the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg. 460 million rubles were invested in this project.

According to the press service of SM-Clinic, the clinic, located at ul. Dybenko, 13, k.4, occupies a separate building with an area of ​ ​ 2.5 thousand square meters. meters and includes a therapeutic department for adults and children, a diagnostic center, an outpatient surgery center with a day hospital. The reception will be conducted by more than 150 specialists in 45 medical areas.

Medical center "SM-Clinics" in St. Petersburg on Dybenko Street

The list of diagnostic examinations that can be performed in the clinic includes ultrasound, X-ray, fibrogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, various types of functional diagnostics. Diagnostics are carried out on modern expert-class devices from leading manufacturers from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Italy.

The Center for Outpatient Surgery is equipped with advanced laser and electrosurgical equipment that allows you to perform interventions in low-traumatic ways. Thus, operations on ENT organs in the clinic will be carried out using the patented method of cold-plasma surgery on the Coblator II apparatus of ArthroCare (USA).

In the future, the clinic will be equipped with modern devices for physiotherapy procedures. In particular, diathermia is planned here. This is an effective method of electrotherapy, indispensable in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary system, respiratory organs and musculoskeletal system, the holding noted.

In addition, on the territory of the clinic in a separate building there will be a center for the treatment of neurological diseases and psychotherapy for children and adults, where six highly qualified psychotherapists will be admitted.

2022

Opening a new medical center in Moscow for 200 million rubles

At the end of November 2022, the SM-Clinic company opened a new medical center in Moscow. It is located in the center of the capital - not far from the Sukharevskaya metro station at Sretensky dead end, 4.

Earlier, the "New Polyclinic" worked at this address, which also has a branch in Astrakhan. According to SPARK-Interfax, Novaya Polyclinic LLC has changed its ownership structure since November 30, 2022 - 100% of the company from Natalia Pastukhova was transferred to the main owner of the SM-Clinic network Nikolai Smyslov.

"SM-Clinic" opened a new medical center in Moscow

The company confirmed the information, specifying that they really bought out and rebranded the clinic in Moscow. Plans for a clinic in Astrakhan were not disclosed in SM-Clinic (the legal entity of the Astrakhan medical center - OJSC Novaya Polyclinic-Astrakhan - is 53.94% owned by Natalya Pastukhova). According to the SPARK-Interfax system, Novaya Polyclinic LLC was registered in Moscow in February 2005.

The new medical center "SM-Clinic" is located in a 6-story building with a total area of ​ ​ 2117 square meters. m. Patients are served by more than 50 doctors in 25 medical areas: therapists, gynecologists, urologists, surgeons, mammologists, oncologists, dermatovenerologists, gastroenterologists and others. Among them are doctors and candidates of sciences, specialists with extensive practical experience.

Such diagnostic services as radiography (including dental), mammography, ultrasound, functional diagnostics (Holter-ECG, CMAD, EEG, CTG, ECG, veloergometry, ECHO-CG), gastroscopy, as well as more than 3,500 types of laboratory tests are available to patients. The total investment in the launch of the medical organization amounted to about 220 million rubles.

The clinic in the Sretensky impasse became the 27th in the holding. By the end of November 2022, SM-Klinik branches operate in five regions of the country: Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Ivanovo and Ryazan.[3]

Opening of a medical center in the south-west of Moscow for 680 million rubles

On November 8, 2022, SM-Klinik informed Zdrav.Expert about the opening of a medical center in the south-west of the capital, which will become the 26th in a row as part of the holding. The opening of the family clinic is scheduled for November 15, 2022 at ul. Academician Anokhin, d.8, k.1. As specified in the SM-Clinic, the total investment will be about 680 million rubles.

Photo: yandex.ru

The medical center will occupy a building of 2 buildings connected by a passage on the 1st floor. The total area of ​ ​ the clinic will be 6,779 m2. It is planned to place an outpatient department, departments of pediatrics and radiation diagnostics, as well as a round-the-clock hospital for adults.

Doctors of more than 35 medical specialties will open the doors of their offices. It is planned to provide patients with a wide range of examinations: CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound, various types of functional diagnostics, gastro- and colonoscopy, including under sedation. All surveys are supposed to be carried out on modern expert-class devices from world manufacturers: Siemens (Germany), Shimadzu (Japan) and others. At the same time, thanks to the presence of its own express laboratory, analyzes in the medical center in the near future can be passed in an accelerated mode. Tests will be taken daily from 08:00 to 21:00, told in the "SM-Clinic."

The round-the-clock hospital for adults will include a therapeutic and surgical department, anesthesiology and resuscitation, a transfusiology department. The presence of 4 multidisciplinary high-tech operating rooms will allow surgical interventions of various complexity in gynecology, urology, coloproctology, general surgery, otolaryngology.

Patients will be offered accommodation in comfortable wards equipped with everything necessary: functional medical beds, bedside consoles with the ability to supply life support systems, modern furniture and equipment, plumbing. Each ward will provide a system for the patient's operational communication with medical personnel - a call button.

In general, the opening of the SM-Clinic center on the street. Academician Anokhin will enable residents of the southwestern district to undergo various types of diagnostic examinations at affordable prices and receive high-quality treatment not only in the most popular, but also in rare medical areas, the company emphasized.

25 medical centers in 5 regions of the country

As of November 2022, the SM-Clinic group of companies included 25 medical centers in 5 regions of the country: Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Ryazan and Ivanovo.

Opening of a medical center on Krasnaya Presnya for 700 million rubles

SM-Clinic on March 22, 2022 announced the opening of a medical center on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow for 700 million rubles.

This clinic for adults and children will begin work on March 23, 2022 on 2nd Zvenigorodskaya Street in Moscow. It will become the 24th medical center as part of the SM-Clinic holding and the third opened since the beginning of 2022. The total volume investments of the project amounted to about 700 million rubles.

The new clinic will occupy 6 floors of the building, its area is 4 thousand square meters. m. It will house an outpatient and polyclinic unit, departments of radiation diagnostics, transfusiology, physiotherapy, cosmetology. The reception will be conducted by doctors of more than 40 medical specialties. In particular, they plan to consult patients with cancer here. In total, the clinic will be designed to receive more than 500 patients per day.

The medical center will provide a large selection of diagnostic studies: ultrasound, X-ray, gastro- and colonoscopy, cystoscopy, including under sedation, various types of functional diagnostics (bicycle ergometry, tredmil test, daily monitoring of ECG (Holter) and blood pressure (SMAD), EEG). Every day from 07:30 it will be possible to pass over 3,500 types of tests here, which are investigated in their own laboratory and diagnostic center "SM-Clinic." In the future, it is planned to equip the medical center with computer and magnetic resonance tomographs.

SM-Clinic on Presnya plans to conduct outpatient surgical manipulations in urology, gynecology, proctology and phlebology using minimally invasive methods, as well as open a transfusiology department using efferent therapy methods.

One of the floors of the medical center will be occupied by the SM-Cosmetology department. The flagship clinic "SM-Cosmetology" will continue to be located in the Voikovsky district of the capital. In 2022, it is planned to increase the area of ​ ​ this medical center and expand the list of its services. The department on Krasnaya Presnya will provide services in cosmetology, dermatology, trichology (including hair transplantation), SPA procedures, massage and podology. According to the press service of SM-Cosmetology, investments in equipment amounted to more than 80 million rubles.

As of March 2022, the SM-Klinik group of companies includes 23 multidisciplinary medical centers with departments for adults and children (in Moscow and the Moscow Region, St. Petersburg, Ryazan and Ivanovo), a network of dental clinics, a reproductive health center, an ambulance service, specialized care centers for various diseases (cancer center, bariatric surgery center, cardiovascular surgery, ophthalmosurgery, etc.).

Opening of a medical center in Ivanovo

The multidisciplinary medical holding SM-Klinik on January 27, 2022 informed Zdrav.Expert about the start of work of another clinic: on January 29, 2022, the opening of the first medical center in the region under the SM-Klinik brand for adults and children is planned in Ivanovo. Thus, the holding expands its presence from 4 to 5 regions of Russia. The volume of investments in the project amounted to 682 million rubles.

SM-Clinic opens a new medical center in Ivanovo for 682 million rubles
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This clinic in Ivanovo is located on five floors of a building in the city center (the total area of ​ ​ the premises of the medical center is 4,136 sq. M.) At the address: Revolution Square, house 7. Immediately after opening, a day hospital for adults will begin work in the medical center, where small surgical interventions will be carried out that do not require hospitalization, drip treatment courses (droppers), etc. In addition, antitumor drug therapy is planned for patients with oncological diagnoses.

Admission will be carried out in 30 medical areas, both the most popular (therapy, surgery, pediatrics, cardiology and others), and quite rare (for example, hematology and pulmonology). In particular, the clinic plans to develop phlebology (treatment of vein diseases) using the advanced adhesive obliteration technique - this is the treatment of varicose veins with medical glue (usually takes no more than 40-60 minutes for one vein, does not require a rehabilitation period).

Medical care will be provided not only to adults, but also to children from birth. The diagnostic capabilities of the clinic are represented by ultrasound, gastro- and colonoscopy (endoscopes of Olympus, Japan), functional and laboratory diagnostics. Also in the center there will be an express laboratory (readiness of test results in 1-2 hours), a physiotherapy department.

As of January 2022, the SM-Clinic holding includes 22 multidisciplinary medical centers with departments for adults and children in 4 regions of the country: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow region and Ryazan. The opening of a clinic in Ivanovo will expand its presence from 4 to 5 regions of Russia and increase the number of medical centers to 23.

The company also talked about the prospects for further development of the brand.

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The plans include the construction of a regional network. The commercial medicine sector outside the Moscow Ring Road is poorly developed, and we see serious prospects in this direction. While we are following the branch path of development, with direct subordination to the Moscow office. This is important for us, first of all, to maintain uniform high standards of service quality and maintain the reputation of a reliable partner. We will also continue to replenish the list of medical centers "SM-Clinic" in St. Petersburg,
said Ivan Nikolaevich Smyslov, First Deputy General Director of the SM-Clinic Group of Companies.
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The company stressed that in 2022 it is planned to open a family medical center in Moscow on 2nd Zvenigorodskaya Street.

Opening of a children's medical center with a hospital in Moscow

On January 12, 2022, SM-Klinik announced the opening of a children's medical center in Moscow with a round-the-clock hospital. The company invested about 650 million rubles in this project.

A medical institution with an area of ​ ​ 3500 square meters. m, located on Klara Zetkin Street in the Northern Administrative District of the capital, will open the door for patients on January 14, 2022. It is planned to serve from 300 patients every day.

SM-Clinic opened a children's medical center with a hospital in Moscow for 650 million rubles

On the basis of the new clinic, it is planned to open centers for the development of speech and restorative medicine to promote health and help children with problems of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, allergic diseases. There are also plans to open a swimming pool for infant swimming and exercise therapy.

In addition, in this pediatric center it will be possible to undergo computer () CT and magnetic resonance imaging (), MRI pass tests, including in express mode. Reception in the center will be carried out for cash and according to. VHI

Judging by the information on the SM-Clinic website, by January 13, 2022, the company's network of children's clinics in Moscow has seven institutions, including a new clinic on ul. Clara Zetkin. Indoors on the street. Clara Tsetkin was previously located one of the first clinics of the network, which in December 2020 moved to another building in the Northern Administrative District of the capital. The new object with an area of ​ ​ 8.5 thousand square meters. m demanded 1.2 billion rubles of investment. As the first deputy general director of the SM-Clinic Group of Companies Ivan Smyslov specified, the vacated building after reconstruction will be transferred to the children's clinic on the street. Astronaut Volkov.

By January 13, 2022, the SM-Clinic network includes 24 medical centers in Moscow, Solnechnogorsk (Moscow region), St. Petersburg and Ryazan. Children's[4]

2021

Aktivs

As of November 2021, SM-Klinik included 23 clinics in, To Moscow, and Moscow area, St. Petersburg Ryazan in which 2000 doctors of various specialties work.

The holding has its own laboratories that allow you to do more than 3,500 tests, therapeutic and surgical hospitals. It includes centers for reproductive health, eye, cardiovascular and rhinosurgery, oncology and andrology, herbotology and orthopedics, as well as centers for oncology, treatment of urolithiasis, plastic surgery and hernia and obesity surgery.

Construction of the first medical center in Ivanovo

In September 2021, SM-Klinik announced the construction of its first medical center in Ivanovo. 682 million rubles were invested in this project.

The clinic will begin receiving patients in December 2021. In a five-story building with an area of ​ ​ 4136 square meters. m will be attended by doctors of more than 30 specialties. There will also be a day hospital for adults with 6 beds, an express laboratory, radiation (computed tomography, X-ray) and functional diagnostics, endoscopy, physiotherapy, physical therapy (for children).

SM-Clinic built its first medical center in Ivanovo

It is also assumed that the medical center will deal with antitumor drug therapy for patients with cancer - for this it is necessary to obtain an appropriate license.

By September 2021, the SM-Klinik network has 23 medical centers in Moscow, Solnechnogorsk (Moscow region), St. Petersburg and Ryazan. According to the SPARK-Interfax system, Nikolai Smyslov is the beneficiary of the management company SM-Klinik Group of Companies.

The largest medical center of the SM-Klinik network by September 2021 is located in the Northern Administrative District (CAO) - its area is 8.5 thousand square meters. m About 1.2 billion rubles were invested in this project.

In 2021, this clinic began receiving 150 specialists in 40 areas of medicine, it is planned to open a number of specialized departments: neurology, physiotherapy, bariatric surgery, dentistry, cosmetology, plastic surgery. Also, during 2021, a hospital with 60 beds with six operating rooms was to appear in the clinic, where they will perform manipulations in general surgery, bariatry and plastic surgery, emergency surgery, gynecology, urology, coloproctology, otorhinolaryngology. In addition, new competence centers for the holding are planned.

Opening of the fifth medical center in St. Petersburg under the SM-Clinic brand

On June 9, 2021, the SM-Clinic holding announced the opening of another medical center in St. Petersburg, which became the 24th in the holding. This is a family clinic for adults and children with a day hospital located near the Kupchino metro, the holding told Zdrav.Expert.

Newly opened medical center "SM-Clinics" in St. Petersburg
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"We are working to provide quality and affordable health care to as many of our nation's citizens as possible. At the end of December 2020, we opened a clinic in Moscow on the street. Senezhskaya. And now, after only six months, we are happy to announce the opening of another in St. Petersburg. This is the fifth medical center in the northern capital, operating under the SM-Clinic brand, - specified in the SM-Clinic.
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The clinic opened in a building with an area of ​ ​ 1550 square meters. m., located at: Malaya Balkanskaya d.23, p. 1. A large outpatient department has opened here, where doctors receive almost 40 of the most popular medical specialties. Among them are narrow-profile specialists such as a hematologist or hepatologist, nephrologist or rheumatologist. Consultations and treatment are carried out by an allergist-immunologist, obstetrician-gynecologist, dermatovenerologist, cardiologist, ophthalmologist, cardiovascular and plastic surgeons, coloproctologist, otolaryngologist, pulmonologist, somnologist and many others.

In addition, physiotherapy services, various types of modern diagnostics are available, such as ultrasound, EEG, ECG, Holter monitoring and others. An emergency room and a day hospital have been opened, in which you can undergo course treatment or remove benign neoplasms. It is possible to call a doctor at home.

In the children's department, specialized specialists are glad to receive patients from 0 to 18 years old, you can spend vaccination children by age.

2020

Cost of initial GP appointment

For 2020, the cost of the initial appointment of a therapist is 1950 rubles.

603 thousand patients per year

The number of patients in 2020 exceeded 603,000 people, the share of new patients was 61%.

Top 5 private clinics in Russia increased revenue by 19% to 88.9 billion rubles

The total revenue of the five largest private clinics in Russia - Medsi, EMC, Mother and Child, Medinvestgroup and SM-Klinik - reached 88.9 billion rubles by the end of 2020, which is 18.6% more than a year earlier. These companies accounted for about 13% of the paid medical services market. Read more here.

In the network "SM-Clinic" - more than 20 multidisciplinary clinics, in the team - more than 2 thousand doctors

As of August 2020, the SM-Clinic brand unites more than 20 multidisciplinary clinics and more than 2,000 doctors in, To Moscow, and Moscow area. St. Petersburg Ryazan

In universal family clinics, adults and children receive all types of medical care, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in all areas of modern medicine.

2014: The SM-Clinic team is more than 600 doctors of various specialties

According to information for 2014, seven multidisciplinary clinics work for you daily, including weekends and holidays, providing high-quality medical care without delays and queues, comprehensively and in a short time.

The team of high-class specialists "SM-Clinic" is more than 600 doctors of various specialties. Among them are doctors of the highest qualification category, 90 candidates of medical sciences, 20 doctors of medical sciences, 13 professors and 2 academicians.

We are proud of the latest clinic equipment, allowing for unique manipulations and diagnostic examinations, such as MRI and CT scans. Our own laboratories conduct a wide range of analyzes and studies. SM-Klinik conducts unique surgical operations, and operates therapeutic and surgical hospitals.

Medical holding "SM-Clinic" solves not only current tasks in the field of practical medicine, but pays great attention to the development and improvement of the professional level of employees, improving the quality of the services provided. For this purpose, the Corporate Training Center has been created and successfully operates in the holding, the main task of which is continuous training and advanced training of personnel.

The extensive scientific activity that our holding is engaged in is recognized and highly appreciated by the professional community. State and municipal structures annually celebrate the merits of our employees with their awards, their huge contribution to the development of Russian medicine and maintaining public health.

We do not stand still, we constantly develop, continuously improve our work. That is why we have so many committed patients who recommend us and come to us by families. By trusting your health and that of your children with our specialists, you can be confident in reliable diagnosis and quality treatment.

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