Ministry of Health of the Stavropol Territory

History

2025

Former Deputy Minister Natalya Plotnikova received a suspended sentence for fictitious employment as a pediatrician

Former Deputy Minister of Health of Stavropol Natalya Plotnikova received a suspended sentence for embezzlement of about 500 thousand rubles. From 2020 to 2023, Plotnikova headed the department of the regional Ministry of Health. The investigation established that the official demanded that the medical institution enter in the records that she allegedly works as a pediatrician. The defendant illegally received wages and medical experience. This was announced in December 2025 by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. Plotnikova compensated for the damage. Read more here

Deputy head Natalya Plotnikova dismissed after the scandal about illegal receipt of salaries

The Ministry of Health of the Stavropol Territory dismissed the deputy head of the department in connection with the loss of confidence. The basis for the personnel decision was the establishment of the fact of illegal receipt of wages in one of the medical institutions of the region. The idea of ​ ​ dismissal came from the regional prosecutor's office. The order entered into force on June 6, 2025. Read more here

2024: Allocation of 540 million rubles for the purchase of medical equipment

In August 2024, it became known that the Stavropol Territory allocated ₽540 million for the purchase of medical equipment, which will be delivered to medical institutions in the region by the end of 2024. According to the Minister of Health of the region Yuri Litvinov, within the framework of these funds, about 740 units of modern medical equipment will be purchased to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

According to Interfax, this initiative is part of a large-scale program to modernize primary health care, implemented within the framework of the Healthcare national project and on behalf of the Governor of the Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov. In 2024, the largest part of the equipment has already been delivered to hospitals and clinics in the region. Among the equipment purchased are ultrasound machines, X-ray imaging systems and devices for contact radiation therapy.

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Yuri Litvinov noted that this update of equipment is aimed at improving the quality of medical care in the region, which is especially important for accurate diagnosis and more effective treatment of patients. All equipment supplied to medical institutions meets modern standards and requirements for medical equipment.

In addition, the Minister of Health of the Stavropol Territory stressed that the sanction pressure did not have a significant impact on the process of purchasing high-tech equipment. According to Litvinov, despite the logistical difficulties associated with flight restrictions, planned deliveries of equipment take place without significant delays.

As part of the project to modernize medical equipment, the Stavropol Territory has been updating the material and technical base of medical institutions for several years in a row. So, in 2021, 10 pieces of equipment were delivered, including two computed tomographs and eight X-ray installations. In 2022, purchases included 13 units, and in 2023, four digital fluorographs and six mammography systems arrived at medical institutions.^[1]

2023: Yuri Litvinov's appointment as minister

On September 15, 2023, the governor Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov accepted the resignation of the Minister health care of the Region Vladimir Kolesnikov. The head of the department quits of his own free will. More. here

2020: Yuri Litvinov - the new Minister of Health of the Stavropol Territory

On April 27, 2020, the resignation of Viktor Mazharov from the post of Minister of Health of the Stavropol Territory was announced. His place was taken by First Deputy Yuri Litvinov. Read more here.

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