More than 200 thousand people in Kazan should undergo prophylactic medical examination according to the plan in 2017

(KZN.RU, August 7, Anton Nozdrin). The plan for medical examination of Kazan residents in 2017 is 205690 people. During the first half of the year, 97165 people underwent a medical examination. It is hardest to involve persons of working age in the preventive examination, said Ilnur Khalfiev, the head of the Health Department of the Ministry of Health of the RT for Kazan, at today’s Business Monday in the Kazan City Hall.

According to him, the prevention is a promising way to reduce disability and increase life expectancy. In this case, the most effective direction is considered the method of secondary prevention: a medical examination. So, 71268 diseases were detected in Kazan in the course of medical examination only in the first half of the year.

The number of citizens undergoing a preventive examination is growing every year. If there were more than 78 thousand people undergoing a medical examination in 2013, in 2016 – more than 177 thousand people. “Today, the urgent task for us is to attract people of working age to preventive measures. Unfortunately, this category of citizens often resorts to medical care at the stage of persistent health changes due to their workload. They end up in hospitals in critical condition with such serious diseases as a heart attack, stroke, which are the result of untimely detected and untreated diseases”, said the head of the department.

I. Khalfiev noted that there is not enough assistance from some heads of large enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses in this matter. According to the head of the department, employers should take care of their employees’ health and facilitate the organization of preventive examinations. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, noted that it is necessary to contact the Internet reception of the City Hall in such cases. “We will respond to appeals in a timely manner and find a common language with all leaders so that the medical examination will be timely carried out in their teams”, noted the head of the city.

According to the head of the health department, the citizens are invited to receive medical examinations in several ways. In particular, medical workers do this when they go to a polyclinic for any reason, invite residents by phone and through the media. Insurance companies are included in this work. “But one cannot preserve human health if one does not turn to a medical institution in a timely manner and takes preventive measures”, said I. Khalfiyev and urged the citizens to pass preventive examinations more actively.

I. Metshin noted that modern medicine has great opportunities to identify early stages of diseases that can be cured. “We see that people began to change their attitude. In recent years, the number of people who have undergone regular medical examinations has more than doubled. I am glad that we can cover a record number of residents with medical examinations this year. Each diagnosis saves one life”, said the Mayor of Kazan.