The perinatal center at City Clinical Hospital- 7 will open in August in Kazan

The new perinatal center at the Kazan City Clinical Hospital -7 will be able to handle up to 8 thousand births annually. It will become the main maternity facility of the city. This was discussed at a meeting headed by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin at the construction site of the new perinatal center. The work is planned to be completed by autumn.

 “The construction of a perinatal center is important for Kazan. By the end of August, the construction workers plan to complete all the work at the facility,”- the head of the city said.

The center will be located in a 7-storey building with an area of more than 20 thousand sq.m. It will have 120 beds, including 80 in a maternity obstetric center. The new building will have 6 birthing rooms and 4 operating rooms. According to Vladimir Zhavoronkov, Deputy Minister of Health of the republic of Tatarstan, the perinatal center will coordinate the maternity welfare clinics of the city and will become the main institution for the entire maternity service. The new center will focus on the most modern technologies; a purchase of equipment is underway.

 “The perinatal center will not only handle with delivery issues. A whole range of medical services will be provided here, including high- risk pregnancy control, carrying out all necessary diagnostics and postpartum period treatment,”- Vladimir Zhavoronkov said. It should be noted that more than half of births in Tatarstan occur in Kazan.

The center for antenatal care of fetus will be created, where pregnant women can undergo ultrasound screening to identify development defects of the child. Currently, six antenatal care centers have been established in the republic, two of them in Kazan – at the 16th and 7th city hospitals, explained Tatiana Shigabutdinova, Deputy Chief Physician at Hospital - 7. In case of emergencies, there will be a shock room and an intensive care unit. They will provide first aid to the expectant mother and her child if necessary.

The neonatology hospital provides 40 beds for women, where doctors will take care of newborns with pathologies. “Rehabilitation of children with a weight of 500 grams and above will be carried out in the hospital. A closed cycle will be organized here, so transportation of children to other hospitals will not be required,”- explained Tatiana Shigabutdinova.

To date, the construction of the perinatal center has been completed by 21%. The construction workers have almost completed the brickwork and roofing work. Work continues on the heating and water supply networks, the installation of a ventilated facade is underway.

Presently, the City Clinical Hospital - 7 includes a hospital, a treatment and rehabilitation center, 3 polyclinics, a maternity hospital, a trauma center and 3 maternity clinics. The medical facility provides 1,384 beds of round-the-clock service and 197 beds of day hospital, 30 clinical and 8 diagnostic departments, 63 intensive care beds and an operating unit with 10 operating rooms. More than three thousand employees, including 818 doctors, work at the hospital.