I.Metshin on the new building of City Hospital No. 18: “Medical care for our residents will reach a new level”

Construction of the new emergency and diagnostic department at City Clinical Hospital No. 18 on Mavlyutova Street is 66% complete. The hospital will house an emergency department, a 24-bed intensive care unit, and four surgery rooms. Once open, the department will expand access to emergency care for residents of the Privolzhsky city district, with completion scheduled for mid-2027. The progress of construction was inspected by the Minister of Health of Tatarstan, Almir Abashev, and the Mayor of Kazan, Ilsur Metshin.

“Together with the residents, we are awaiting the completion of the new emergency and diagnostic department at City Hospital No. 18. Previously, the emergency department occupied just 150 square meters; now, there will be a modern 4,000-square-meter building equipped with high-tech medical equipment. The contractor has committed to finishing all work by the middle of next year,” said Ilsur Metshin.

The new three-story building will feature an operational basement and a technical floor. It will house a reception area with separate zones for planned, urgent, and emergency care, a 24-bed intensive care unit, and a surgery block with four rooms: two for general surgery, one for ENT procedures, and a hybrid radiographic suite.

According to the chief physician, Rinat Zalaldinov, the facility's most critical issues before construction were the overcrowded emergency department and limited surgery room capacity.

The new building will feature a fully equipped diagnostic department, including a computed tomography (CT) scanner, X-ray machine, and fibrogastroduodenoscopy (FGD) suite. The facility will also house four ultrasound machines and two endoscopy towers. Furthermore, each operating room will be fitted with its own endoscopic and laparoscopic tower.

The new hybrid surgery room will allow enabling surgeons to perform procedures under simultaneous ultrasound and X-ray guidance. According to the chief physician, such operations have never been performed at the facility before.

The intensive care unit will occupy the second floor, with one of its wards dedicated to patients from the vascular center. Construction of the new emergency and diagnostic department at City Hospital No. 18 is scheduled for completion in the end of 2027.