145,800 inhabitants or more than 71% of the plan in Kazan passed medical examinations for 10 months

(KZN.RU, November 21, Alsu Safina). The medical examination is continuing in Kazan. Through preventive examination 1181 case of suspected oncological causes have been identified for the first 10 months of this year, 289 cases of malignancies have been confirmed. In total 145 thousand 848 persons were examined, accounting for 71.3% of the annual plan, said Ilnur Halfiev, the head of Health Department of the Ministry of Health, at the today's Business Monday.

According to him, it is expected to examine 204.4 thousand people in the current year, which is 11% higher than a year earlier. Ilnur Halfiev said that 76.9% of the planned number of city residents was inspected in 2014, in 2015 - 94.4%.

According to Ilnur Halfiev, the main concern is that the coverage of the working population aged between 39 and 60 years remains insufficient. Thus, only 57.1%, or 46,400 out 81,257 people of this group went medical examinations for 10 months. The Mayor asked what the reason of such a measure is. As the head of the Department of Health told, one of the reasons for the low coverage of prophylactic medical examination of working age is the fact that managers of large enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses do not facilitate a clinical examination.

“Unfortunately, the leaders of many institutions believe that it is sufficient to hold annual periodic medical examinations of employees, and there is no need for preventive medical examination”, noted the speaker and added that the volume of research, conducted within the framework of periodic medical examinations and within the framework of the clinical examination, is not identical. One of the areas of clinical examination is research to identify malignancies: breast cancer, female reproductive organs, prostate, colon and lung. “By the experience of previous work, cancer of 1-2 stage was 71% of all diagnosed malignancies”, said Ilnur Halfiev and stressed that the earlier the cancer is detected, the better the chances for a successful surgery and recovery.

The speaker noted that Kazan citizens over 60 years respond to the invitation to pass medical examinations more often: 78.8% (or 38 396 out of 48 738) were examined for 10 months. 82% (just over 61 thousand out of 74 thousand people) among residents aged 21-36 years have passed medical examinations for 10 months.

Ilnur Halfiev drew attention to the fact that the lowest indices in the Vakhitovsky district (51.9%). This number in the Kirovsky district is 56.1%, in Moskovsky district -. 63.7%.

He also cited the following data: 74 235 cases recorded in the 10 months, 13769 of them have been revealed for the first time, 16 983 cases of preliminary diagnoses have been found. Cardiovascular diseases account for 38.5% of the number of registered diseases, 21.6 - endocrine system diseases, 12.8 - digestive diseases, 8.2 - diseases of the genitourinary system.

1181 case of suspected oncological causes have been identified in the framework of the clinical examination, 289 cases of malignant tumors confirmed.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the city, asked the head of the Health Department about the order of passage of the clinical examination. Ilnur Halfiev said that the ads are hung and notices are sent to mailboxes that say citizens of which year-birth are subject to clinical examination. “A man came to the clinic. He says he wants to pass the medical examination. He is invited to the medical prevention office, where the work starts and he is given the itinerary, with which he passes all the experts and all the diagnosis, which is provided as part of the clinical examination”, said the speaker. He also noted that Kazan citizens, who are undergoing medical examinations, are a priority, and they do not need to wait for a doctor or wait in the queue. In addition, for those who cannot pass the medical examination during the week, experts are working on the Saturday as well.

“Health is all that we have. Please do everything that Kazan citizens were promptly notified and cover as much as possible of the population to be subject to clinical examination”, said Ilsur Metshin.