The children's dental clinic №2 will be reorganized in Kazan

(KZN.RU, December 19, Zilya Gayfi). The information about closing of the children's dental clinic №2 in the Novo-Savinovsky district and regional dental clinic in the Aviastroitelny district has caused a wide public resonance. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, asked the Health management of the Ministry of Health of the RT for comment to explain to residents what was being done, and where the districts’ population will be served, today at the Business Monday in the City Hall.

Ilnur Halfiev, the head of the Health Department of the Ministry of Health of the RT, said that Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on the elimination of children's dental clinic №2 was published last week, but it is not closing of the institution. The reorganization of the legal entity will be held. "The reorganization will be carried out in the framework of public-private cooperation; it aims to strengthen the material-technical base. By the end of 2017, the clinic will work in the new, comfortable environment and provide all the same services that are currently provided, but in the updated rooms. Premises of clinic will be partially closed to patients for the period of repair. The institution will continue to work in the same amount for the same number of residents after the repair is completed”, he said.

Ilnur Halfiev also clarified the situation around the clinical and diagnostic center on the street Lukin, where the children's dental care is provided to residents of the Aviastroitelny districts. “The mechanism of determining of the planned task for dental clinics has been modified under the program of state guarantees of the Russian Federation for 2016. The planned task at the Center in the Aviastroitelny district was somewhat lower, but in October, the Ministry of Health with the Fund of obligatory medical insurance corrected it. Our position is that even if the institution is marked insufficient planning figure, it is obliged to provide medical care to residents and at the same time to solve their problems by paying their bills with the fund. If the institution refuses to serve the population, the patient flows will be redirected to other dental clinics, where such assistance will be fully rendered to them”, he said.

Ilsur Metshin noted that the reorganization of the institution is carried out in the interests of the residents themselves. However, it is necessary to inform the public in advance anyway. “The new equipment will appear in the facility, modern technology will be used. However, before you start to do something, it is necessary to inform the population. Otherwise, a good deed results in excess noise and unnecessary questions. There are enough problems without this. This applies to all the city's institutions, not just the health sector”, said the Mayor.