AKIPRESS.COM - 1,312 health facilities were built and commissioned in Kazakhstan in 25 years, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Health.

8 medical research centers, 32 specialized health centers, 176 hospitals, 144 health centers, 907 clinics and 45 specialized health care facilities were built in particular. 87% of the total number of health facilities are the organizations that provide primary health care.

Such large medical organizations as the National Research Center of motherhood and childhood, the Republican Children's Rehabilitation Center, the Republican Diagnostic Center, the National Center of Neurosurgery, National Scientific Center of Oncology and Transplantation, National Science Cardiac Surgery Center and others were created.

By Presidential order, in the messages to the people of Kazakhstan in 2007 and 2011, "Construction of 100 schools and 100 hospitals" project was implemented and the realization of the project "Construction of 350 outpatient clinics, medical and obstetric centers and clinics" with total cost of 360 billion tenge ends.

As of November 1 this year, in the framework of the above mentioned project, 441 health facilities were built, including in Akmola region - 19, Aktobe - 26, Almaty - 48, Atyrau - 31, East Kazakhstan - 32, Zhambyl - 32, West -Kazahstan - 21, Karaganda - 31, Kostanay - 20, Kyzylorda - 32, Mangistau - 31, Pavlodar - 23, North Kazakhstan - 8, South Kazakhstan - 66, Almaty - 12, Astana - 9.

"Currently, 65 health facilities are construction, it is scheduled to complete 26 of them this year and 39 in 2017," said in a statement.

Resources of the private sector through PPPs, asset management and privatization will be involved in addition to the budgetary expenditures to develop health infrastructure.