The construction, commissioning and work of perinatal centres
The construction and equipping of 22 regional and 2 federal perinatal centres is being carried under Executive Order of the Russian Government of December 4, 2007.
In 2008-2010, a total sum of 19 billion roubles was allocated from the federal budget for the construction and equipment of regional perinatal centres. The federal budget has completely fulfilled its funding obligations in this regard.
By now, 11 centres have opened in the regions: in Kaliningrad and Irkutsk in 2009, in Tver, Volgograd, Kemerovo, Rostov-on-Don, Kirov, and Yekaterinburg in 2010, in Kursk (February) and Ryazan (March) in 2011, and the Almazov Heart, Blood, and Endocrinology Federal Centre's Federal Perinatal Centre in St Petersburg (September 2010).
As of March 1, 2011, these centres have delivered about 20,000 babies and provided consultations for about 50,000 women with high-risk pregnancies.
In the Kaliningrad Region, where a perinatal centre was opened in September 2009, the infant mortality rate in 2010 dropped by 36.6%, compared to the level of 2009, amounting to 4.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (compared to 7.1 infant deaths per 1,000 in 2009).
A survey carried out among patients of regional perinatal centres showed that women are generally satisfied with the quality of medical care provided.
Construction work has been completed at seven centres (Voronezh, Krasnodar, Murmansk, Tomsk, Saratov, Yaroslavl, and Saransk). A centre is being prepared for opening in Krasnodar. Centres in Voronezh, Tomsk, and Saratov are being equipped. In Saransk a centre has been completed and is now being registered. Construction work is underway at four centres, in Chita, Perm, Blagoveshchensk, and Kurgan. The beginning of construction of the federal institution the Academician Kulakov Research Centre for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology (Moscow) is planned for 2011. Delays in the construction of the four centres in Chita, Perm, Blagoveshchensk, and Kurgan have been caused by a lack of regional funding.
Regional governors expect eleven centres to begin operating in 2011: in Krasnodar, Murmansk and Tomsk in March, in Saransk in April, in Saratov and Yaroslavl in May, in Voronezh in June, in Perm in August, in Blagoveshchensk in September, in Chita in October, and in Kurgan in December. The opening of the Krasnoyarsk centre is planned for December 15, 2011 (2011is the deadline).
