In Irkutsk region, they proposed building a regional tuberculosis sanatorium and a new building for the regional clinical tuberculosis hospital. The initiative is due to an acute shortage of treatment places and TB doctors. Deputies supported the proposal and decided to appeal to the Russian Health Ministry, as the region remains one of the countrys leaders in tuberculosis incidence.
On November 25, at a session of the regional legislative assembly, Health Minister Oleg Yaroshenko proposed building a regional tuberculosis sanatorium and a new building for the regional clinical tuberculosis hospital.According to Yaroshenko, there is a serious shortage of places in the Irkutsk Region for treating patients with active forms of tuberculosis, and hospitals are short of TB doctors. A new treatment building with 600 beds and a sanatorium with 120 places could solve this problem.
The deputies of the legislative assembly supported the minister’s initiative, deciding to send an appeal to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation to place the issue under strict control.
Our region ranks among the leaders in the number of tuberculosis patients not only in the Siberian Federal District, but also in the entire country. Last year, 122 cases were recorded per 100,000 residents in the Irkutsk Region. In total, 7.9 thousand tuberculosis patients live in the region.