Russian surgical team at work
A cardiac surgery clinic will soon open in Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains. It will be the third such centre outside Moscow, in addition to one already at work in Penza, and another slated to open shortly in Astrakhan. After visiting the construction cite in Chelyabinsk, Health and Social Affairs Minister Tatiana Golikova said the authorities had earlier released one billion roubles (42.4 million USD. 27 million euros. 21.3 million GB pounds) to commission the centre earlier than planned. She promised to speed up the delivery of all necessary equipment. 20 modern medical centres will be built across Russia as part of a national project for the modernisation of health care.
6 April 2008
Voice of Russia World Service
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=25279&cid=48&p=06.04.2008 (in Russian and English)
