December 20, 2006

The First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Ugra on issues of social policy Natalia Zapadnova chaired the final meeting with deputy mayors, leaders of the municipal healthcare bodies, chief doctors of the medical facilities of the Okrug. The meeting participants discussed the preliminary results of the implementation of the priority national project “Advanced healthcare” in Ugra in 2006. The First Deputy Director of the Healthcare Department Artur Tabert said that this year the average monthly salary of medical personnel has grown due to the extra payments, stipulated by the programs of the national project. So, the salary of a doctor grew by over 50 % and at present amounts to over 36 ths. rubles. Nurses get about 24 ths. rubles, doctors of the emergency ambulance have a salary of 34 ths. rubles. A salary of a surgeon’s mate amounts to 24 ths. rubles and nurses of the surgeon’s mates’ stations get the salary of about 17 ths. rubles.

About 800 million rubles were spent to equip medical facilities with diagnostic equipment this year including over 690 million rubles – from the Okrug budget. The most advanced equipment of ultrasonic diagnostics, roentgen equipment, cardiographs, portative and sanitary transport and etc. were purchased.

While summing up the results of the Health priority national project implementation for 11 months of this year the issue about additional immunization of the population against virus hepatitis B, flue, vaccination against rose-rash, poliomyelitis was discussed. In spite of periodical delay with supplies of vaccines, the indicators of the population’s immunization are rather good on average. Only in several municipalities the planned schedule was not fulfilled. 99,12 % of people in the Okrug participated in the vaccination against rose-rash, 86,4 % - against flue. In this regard Natalia Zapadnova was tasked to organize special inspections in the municipalities with a weakly-organized vaccination campaign.

In the Okrug in the framework of the Health priority national project all the babies are thoroughly inspected concerning five diseases. This procedure helps to find out if a baby has any health problems. Due to such diagnostics 14 babies with inborn pathology were found on the early stage.

Since January over 18,7 childbirths were registered in Ugra. Over half funds, got by medical facilities under the program of the childbirth certificate, are sent to material and technical base improvement, about 45 % - for the increased salary of medical personnel.

In opinion of the Okrug Healthcare Department experts, the social effect form the work under the program of the childbirth certificate, is in the increased number of born babies by 2,5 %, decreased number of abortions by 7 % in comparison with the previous year.

Natalia Zapadnova addressed to the deputy mayors of the municipalities, leaders of the municipal healthcare bodies, chief doctors of the medical facilities of the Okrug and said “the assessment of efficiency from the national project implementation and relevant activities of all involved bodies and divisions is made by people of Ugra; when they go to hospitals or other social facilities. If someone there says an incorrect word, or a person is served on a bad level, it does not add any social optimism to Ugra people. These trifles form the attitude of the population towards healthcare system, realization of social policy in the region and to the power authorities on the whole”.

The First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Ugra on issues of social policy Natalia Zapadnova reminded the meeting participants that to improve the activities under the realization of the national project “Health” is possible being based only on the lessons, made by this year and due to achieving success in the collective work.

Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko adopted the decree about preparation for holding two All-Russia snow-board competitions in Khanty-Mansiysk.

On February 6-10, 2007, the All-Russia Junior Snow-Board Championship will be held in the capital of Ugra, and on April 9-12 – Cup Final.

This young winter sport is very popular among the Okrugn people, and the course of snowboard is considered one of the best in the country. The participants of the Youth Games Moscow-Ugra, held in Ugra this March, could convince in it. The best was the team of the Northerners. For young sportsmen the February competition will be a serious test before the coming World Championships to be held also in Khanty-Mansiysk in a year. By this time the courses of board-cross, half-pipe, big-air will be constructed.

Teams from regions and oblasts will compete in the spring finale of the competitions for Russia’s Cup. 12 teams have already submitted applications for the participation. Two sportsmen from the country’s combined team – Ekaterina Ilyukhina and Viktor Kulikov will defend the honor of Khanty-Mansiysk.