Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko believes that the regions should fully restore the volume of medical care provided, which was reduced due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the incidence of COVID-19 in the Russian regions is minimal, and nothing prevents doctors from fully helping patients with all pathologies.
Since March 2020, a significant number of clinics and hospitals in Russia have been transferred to provide targeted medical care to patients with coronavirus infection. Because of this, traditional medical care was limited. So, in Moscow, for several months, residents were offered not to visit polyclinics, and in case of a sharp deterioration in health, call an ambulance at home. Many preventive examinations and even elective surgeries were cancelled. Subsequently, Moscow and other regions again returned to the provision of planned medical care, and then limited it due to new waves of coronavirus.
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At the National Healthcare 2022 congress, Mikhail Murashko said that it was time to fully restore the provision of medical care in Russia. This includes orthopedic services and elective cardiac surgeries that have been put off for a long time. Already, the Ministry of Health is increasing the volume of high-tech cardiology surgeries, for which demand is constantly growing in Russia.
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In general, the pandemic provoked a huge death rate for Russians, but also forced the authorities to allocate many tens of billions of additional rubles to the healthcare industry. Over the past two years, more funds have been invested in Russian medicine than in the past 15 years. I would like to believe that in the end this will lead to an improvement in the provision of medical care to all Russians who need it. (READ MORE) 
Mikhail Murashko Medicine Minister health care in Russia