The Ministry of Health has published a list of facilities to be built under the 'People's Construction' program, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Currently, about 70 new healthcare facilities are planned for construction across the republic.
List of facilities
- 018 modern perinatal centers with 1,700 beds: Astana (2), Almaty, Shymkent, Karaganda, Kaskelen, Kyzylorda and Oral.
- 027 multidisciplinary children's hospitals with 1,550 beds: Atyrau, Aktobe, Almaty, Shymkent, Kaskelen, Semey and Aktau.
- 03A 200-bed children's emergency care center and a 350-bed children's surgery center (Astana).
- 045 new model interregional branches of the National Center for Children's Rehabilitation with 750 beds: Almaty, Aktau, Atyrau, Kyzylorda and Semey.
- 05Multidisciplinary hospitals with 300 beds: Ust-Kamenogorsk, Abai and Turkestan.
- 06An infectious diseases hospital and specialized buildings with 325 beds (Zhambyl region).
In addition, 25 outpatient clinic facilities, district hospitals, emergency medical care facilities, blood centers and other specialized institutions will be built.
Minister's statement
"As a result, it is planned to create and upgrade about 1.8 million square meters of medical infrastructure, increase and modernize the number of hospital beds by 9,200, as well as increase outpatient care capacity by more than 5,300 visits per shift," said Minister Akmaral Alnazarova at today's government meeting.
It is worth noting that Tokayev proposed declaring next year the Year of Nationwide Large-Scale Construction. This initiative was named 'People's Construction'.