September 27, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The project "Ural Industrial - Ural Polar" should get an official status of the federal project. Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko said about that at yesterday’s meeting in Yekaterinburg with the participation of the Russian Federation President’s plenipotentiary representative in the Urals Federal District Petr Latyshev and Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the party "United Russia" Boris Gryzlov.

"We invested more than 1 billion rubles to the project from the budget of the Autonomous Okrug"m - said he in the speech. "It is very important to add confidence to our work. It is not the regional project. And not interregional. It is a national project. The fact that today it is supported by the State Duma and party "United Russia" is very important. The federal flag we are going to get will seriously activate investors and it means that we shall get a big and rapid economic effect".

Alexander Filipenko spoke about the idea of the integrated development of Pre-Polar and Polar Urals. He is convinced that while the realization of the mega-project it is necessary to combine all the works: creating the transport corridor to form the mining industry, to develop infrastructure and production facilities. It will give an effect in decreasing the terms of involving the natural resources of the Northern Urals to the industrial turnover for 203 years minimum. "I am confident that my arguments are rather reasonable and we should think them over", - said Governor of Ugra.

The ideas of Alexander Filipenko were supported by Governor of Yamal Yuri Neelov, Governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast Eduard Rossel and of the Tyumen Oblast Vladimir Yakushev.

Eduard Rossel said the quickest implementation of this mega-project will give a new impulse into the development of industrial areas of Urals, will help to solve many problems in economic and social spheres of the whole region.

September 27, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On September 26 the meeting was held in Yekaterinburg where there were considered issues of the mega- project "Ural Industrial - Ural Polar" implementation.

The Russian Federation President’s plenipotentiary representative in the Urals Federal District Petr Latyshev, Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the party "United Russia" Boris Gryzlov, Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko, governors of constituent entities of the RF within the Urals Federal District, deputies of the State Duma of the RF and representatives of science and business participated in the meeting.

Pter Latyshev said that great job had been to transfer from theory to practice after the last meeting in Chelyabinsk when the key ideas of this project were reported to Russia’s President for the first time. He said that had reported many times personally to the country’s President about the project realization: "We were requested to provide the information in detail and to support actively the Government of Russia in the project promotion". Vladimir Putin tasked the Government of the Russian Federation to develop and adopt the federal program on Polar and Pre-Polar Urals subsoil exploration. Under the task of the President it will be formed the special commission with the participation of representatives of the profile ministries and institutions and it will be headed by the First Vice-Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov.

Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko said that "it is necessary to have an integrated approach to the development of the concept of this wealthiest region exploration while planning the resource, energetic and infrastructure base, integrated development and joining the industrial turnover of the area not to repeat the fate of BAM".

Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the party "United Russia" confirmed that the project "Ural Industrial - Ural Polar’ can and should be financed from the investment fund and its creation was initiated by his party. The parliamentary majority will guarantee its support to the implementation of the mega-project which has a strategic meaning for the country. Its key parameters will be considered at the All-Russia congress of the party "United Russia", held in December in Yekaterinburg.

September 27, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

"Ugra is a region of health" - was the name of the presentation about the healthcare in the Autonomous Okrug, held at the Agency ITAR-TASS yesterday in Moscow.

The public and professionals were told about the achievements of the region in the healthcare, provided the information about the system of medical institutions, medical staff, programs, aimed at prevention and treatment of various diseases, stages of medicine development in the Okrug. Special attention was paid to the implementation of the priority project "Healthcare", held in the region under the motto "Addressed to all - starts with everyone".

The Government of Ugra considers health as economic category. The quota of expenses for healthcare in the Okrug budget is 16 % what is 13 ths. rubles per citizen.

At the regional medical institutions there are the Center of rheumatology and osteoporosis, Center of endoprosthetics and arthrosis, Center of neuro-rehabilitation and speech pathology, Center of liver surgery and pancreas, Center of endocrinology, Center of diabetes mellitus, three centers of hemodialysis, three oncological centers. By 2008 - 2010 new highly-technological centers are expected to be put into operation, - oncological, cardiologic, ophthalmologic, and the regional anti-TB dispensary. The rural healthcare is also paid attention: today there are hospitals in all the rural localities of the Autonomous Okrug. Much attention is paid to the protection of health of Northern indigenous peoples living in remote villages.

Lately 40 facilities of healthcare have been constructed and 70 ones are under construction. In the framework of the program realization 70 % medical institutions of Ugra are equipped with extra necessary equipment. Besides, the salary of doctors increased by 93 % and salary of nurses by 70 %. Each fifth medical worker was trained at training courses. The provision of institutions with staff grew by 10 %.

The First Deputy Chairman of the Okrug Government Natalia Zapadnova said at the pres-conference while the framework of the presentation, the leaders of Ugra are implementing the complex of measures to create the sustainable regional system of the population’s health protection. "Due to that Ugra today is a northern outpost of healthcare", - she said.

This idea was supported by the deputy Minister of healthcare and social development of the RF Ruslan Khalfin and said that the example of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug clearly shows how to transfer the economic potential into the potential of development which allows to provide a high quality of the population’s life. "The integrated approach to problems of healthcare, adopted in Ugra, allowed to achieve great success in providing the citizens with high-quality medical aid’, - said the representative of the Minister of healthcare and social development of the RF.