Ilsur Metshin: “Being a Mayor, I will do everything to prevent abortions due to lack of money or lack of housing”

A decrease in infant mortality rates and an increase in the number of those who underwent medical examinations were announced at the meeting of Health Department

By the end of 2023, the mortality rate in Kazan reached the lowest values for the entire observation period – 9.3 per 1000 inhabitants, which allowed the city to become the leader in the Volga Federal District in this indicator. Besides, the city has a positive natural increase in population compared to St. Petersburg and Moscow. Such data were announced today at the meeting of the Tatarstan Ministry of Health with participation of Mayor Ilsur Metshin and Minister of Health Marsel Minnullin.

The main indicator of the effective work of the city's healthcare system is still the life expectancy of citizens, Ilsur Metshin noted.

“Last year in Kazan, the average life expectancy was more than 75 years, which is slightly higher than the goal we set. According to this indicator, we occupy the first place in the Volga Federal District and the eleventh place in the country. I think this is a worthy result,”- the Mayor said.

A positive trend is also observed in infant mortality rates, the level of which decreased from 3.6 to 2.1 per 1,000 children born alive. According to Vladimir Zhavoronkov, Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, last year, together with the community of evidence–based medicine doctors, checklists on sudden infant death syndrome were developed. They are distributed in maternity hospitals and polyclinics – since September, no deaths have been recorded in Kazan in connection with this diagnosis.

“We managed to inform parents at all stages of contact with the medical service of the city – prenatal care, communication with obstetricians at the maternity hospital, the first home care, a planned examination of the newborn,”- Vladimir Zhavoronkov said.

The work of the new perinatal center at the City Hospital -7, as well as the republican center for crisis pregnancy, will further reduce the infant mortality rate in the future.

“We will upgrade the crisis pregnancy center so that patients feel comfortable both psychologically and physically. This project has big goals. There are specialists for termination of pregnancy for health reasons. But when a woman wants to terminate a pregnancy because she is afraid to tell her parents, we must be there to help at the right moment. Being a Mayor, I will do everything to prevent abortions due to lack of money or lack of housing. We will fight for every kid,”- the Mayor said.

According to the results of 2023, 92 medical organizations worked in Kazan on the basis of the program of state guarantees of free medical care. Among them are 28 state autonomous institutions, three federal and 61 private medical institutions.

The indicators of medical examination of the residents increased – 228,030 people passed it, which amounted to 106.9% of the plan. In–depth medical examination covered 195,355 people - 114.7% of the plan.