Rosatom will build a nuclear medicine center in the Stavropol Territory

2022: Agreement on the construction of a nuclear medicine center in the Stavropol Territory

On June 15, 2022, an agreement was signed in St. Petersburg on the intentions of cooperation between the Government of the Stavropol Territory and Rusatom Healthcare, a division accumulating the expertise of Rosatom State Corporation in the field of health. This was reported to Zdrav.Expert by representatives of Rusatom Healthcare.

Rosatom will build a nuclear medicine center in the Stavropol Territory

The signed document fixed the intentions of the parties regarding the creation Stavropol Territory of a center nuclear medicine for the provision of specialized medical medical care in the region oncology in the conditions of round-the-clock and day hospitals.

According to Igor Obrubov, General Director of Rusatom Healthcare, patients in the center will be able to receive a full range of medical and diagnostic services. It is assumed that the center will annually provide more than two thousand medical services to residents of the Stavropol Territory, as well as to patients from neighboring regions. The planned start date for construction is 2023. As of June 2022, Rusatom Healthcare is already successfully implementing similar projects in the Lipetsk region and the Republic of Bashkortostan.

"Our priority task is to be a partner of the state in increasing the duration and improving the quality of life of Russians. The project to build nuclear medicine centers in the regions of the Russian Federation is an important step in increasing the availability of high technologies of the healing atom for citizens of the country. Thanks to the high level of functioning of cancer services and regional health systems in Stavropol, the center will become one of the best in the country, "said the head of Rusatom Healthcare.

In addition, as he added, in order to properly train personnel to ensure the effective functioning of the network of nuclear medicine centers, it is planned to implement a training program for medical personnel in the regions of work.

As the Governor of the Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov said, the Stavropol Territory is an active participant in the implementation of the national project "Healthcare," specialized federal programs. In 2022, it is planned to build 25 healthcare facilities in the region. In particular, as he specified, an outpatient cancer care center in Essentuki will be opened. And in 2024, it is planned to commission the building of the regional oncological dispensary under construction - it will become one of the largest facilities of this kind in the South of Russia and the North Caucasus.

"On the one hand, we are solving the problems of strengthening the material and technical base of the primary level. On the other hand, we are strengthening the sphere of specialized types of medical care. Including for patients with cancer. It is important for us that large Russian companies with high scientific and production potential, such as Rosatom, become our partners in this work. For our part, we intend to fully assist in ensuring that the project to create a medical center in the region is implemented as soon as possible and begins to help protect the health of our fellow countrymen, "added the Governor of the Stavropol Territory.

Rosatom, which develops nuclear medicine technologies, aims to create its own patient-oriented ecosystem in healthcare, to provide the population with the entire range of high-quality medical services. The project to create a network of medical centers by Rosatom meets the goals of the national project "Healthcare" and is designed to increase the availability, timeliness and quality of the provision of necessary oncological care to the population in the regions of Russia.