Healthcare institutions in St. Petersburg provide planned medical care to the population in full.
According to the chief physician of the Mariinsky Hospital, Igor Reutsky, the number of patients in the city’s largest clinic is growing every year. “There is an increase in planned hospitalization, and to say that we are ‘not providing’ or are ‘delaying’ somewhere is absolutely unacceptable,” he explained. — Even if we take just the average statistical data on the number of patients admitted to our hospital, then this is approximately 250-270 people per week. At the peak, the number of patients admitted is 400 people. These are patients who are hospitalized with us as planned. That is, if we bring everything into total, then this year more than 13 thousand patients have already received planned care. We are currently treating more than a thousand people.”
The information that appeared in some media that there are supposedly insufficient funds in the budget for these purposes, and this could negatively affect the provision of assistance under compulsory medical insurance, is not true, the city’s Health Committee reported. Clinics and hospitals in the Northern capital have helped, have helped and will continue to help citizens as usual.
In general, as noted in Komzdrav, in 2023 the volume of medical care in St. Petersburg increased, which indicates an increase in its accessibility – 5.5% more citizens were able to undergo treatment in hospitals, the number of studies using MRI machines increased by 20%, the number of studies of surgical material for diagnosing cancer and selecting antitumor drug therapy has increased by 30%.
St. Petersburg is reaching record numbers in other indicators that are important from the point of view of public health. Thus, in 2023, more than 2 million 762 thousand St. Petersburg residents will undergo medical examinations – 60.9% of the city’s adult population, which is almost 450 thousand more than a year earlier. 60.5% – over 3.2 million people – have been vaccinated against influenza.
The possibilities for treating complex diseases using high medical technologies are also expanding: more than 100 thousand high-tech interventions are carried out annually. In general, the city is confidently among the top 5 subjects of the Russian Federation with a high level of medical care.
To ensure payment for additional volumes of medical care, the territorial Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund received 1.256 billion rubles, which will go to the accounts of medical organizations in the second ten days of December. It is noteworthy that 90% of all compulsory medical insurance assistance is provided by government health care institutions.
For 2024, the cost of the Territorial Program is set at 252.7 billion rubles, which is 38 billion rubles more than in 2023, while per capita financing will be higher than the average recommended federal standards. This will provide additional opportunities to further expand the availability and quality of medical services provided to St. Petersburg residents.
According to the Chairman of the Health Committee Dmitry Lisovets, special attention will also be paid to the use of assisted reproductive technologies (including IVF), dispensary observation of patients with cancer, diabetes mellitus and diseases of the circulatory system. In addition, from 2024, within the framework of the territorial compulsory medical insurance program, payment for drug therapy for viral hepatitis C will be provided.
It should be noted that the development of the city’s healthcare system remains a priority for the authorities: by the end of 2026, it is planned to open 26 new healthcare facilities in St. Petersburg, including clinics, ambulance substations, multidisciplinary hospitals and a perinatal center. 81 clinics will be updated, 143 healthcare institutions will receive modern equipment, and 432 new cars will be purchased for the ambulance substation.
Source: Rosbalt
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