Positron emission tomography center opened in Sterlitamak for 220 million rubles

2022: Opening of the center of positron emission tomography for 220 million rubles

On September 23, 2022, information appeared that hospitals Sterlitamak Bashkortostan a center positron emission tomography with an area of ​ ​ 880 square meters began to operate on the territory of the city clinical No. 1 (). Investments in the project, which state was implemented by the Group of Companies (MIG) in the format of a private partnership MedInvestGroup , amounted to 220 million. rubles^[1]

A positron emission tomography center has been opened on the territory of the city clinical hospital No. 1
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The construction of the nuclear medicine center was announced back in 2019, then MIG was going to invest 1 billion rubles in this project, and it was supposed to be completed in 2020. The reason for the change in the amount of the project and the timing of its implementation at the time of publication of the material was not specified.

It was assumed that the medical center will diagnose and treat cancer, including with the help of a positron emission computed tomograph, linear accelerators and accompanying equipment for radiation therapy. Also, the center planned to open a hospital for antitumor drug therapy.

"It is important that patients will receive services at the medical center via compulsory medical insurance," said Radiy Khabirov, head of the Republic of Bashkortostan, in his Telegram channel.

In 2019, in the capital of Bashkiria, Ufa, a second PET scanner was launched at the PET-Technologies nuclear medicine center. It was reported that thanks to the apparatus, it is possible to increase the number of patients by 2.5 times, as well as make the diagnosis of oncological diseases in the republic more accessible. The capacity of the center has grown to 12 thousand patients per year. The medical institution itself was opened in 2014.

Also in Ufa by 2024 they are going to build a radionuclide therapy center. The contractor of the project, which was determined by Rusatom Healthcare JSC (Rosatom State Corporation division responsible for development in the field of health and nuclear medicine), is a consortium including the New Ural Company, Rubin, Construction and Installation Department-1 Ecologist Bashspetsneftestroy and Medtech Alliance. The cost of the medical center is 1.3 billion rubles.^[2]

2019: Medinvestgroup to build nuclear medicine center in Sterlitamak for 1 billion rubles

On April 24, 2019, information appeared that MedInvestGroup (MIG) will build a nuclear medicine center in Sterlitamak. The medical facility is expected to start operating in 2020. The total investment in the project is estimated at 1 billion rubles.

In particular, it is planned to build on the territory of one of the Sterlitamak hospitals a center for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer with a positron emission computed tomograph (PET-CT), two linear accelerators and accompanying equipment for radiation therapy. The Center for Nuclear Medicine also provides a hospital for antitumor drug therapy.

The implementation of the project will significantly increase the availability of radiation diagnostics and therapy for patients with cancer in the southern subregion, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bashkortostan said.

The agreement on the construction of a nuclear medicine center between the regional authorities and MIG was signed back in mid-February 2019 in Sochi, but the agreement reached by the parties was not publicly announced.^[3]

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