Allocating Extra 3.6 Billion for Construction of PPP Healthcare Facility
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Get the scoop on the fresh infusion of dough for healthcare in Novosibirsk! A whopping 3.6 billion rubles is set to roll in, priming the construction of clinics cooked up under public-private partnerships, as announced in the budget amendments for 2025.
Here's the lowdown: "Buckle up for a bigger spend on public-private partnership clinics (+3,560,955.4 thousand rubles)," reads the juicy bit in the budget document. And if that didn't excite you enough, recall back in March 2025 when a thumbs-up was given to GPP clinic No. 27 on Erevanskaya Street, thanks to the seal of approval from the Novosibirsk State Construction Supervision Inspection.
But let's not forget the agreement signed way back on February 15, 2019. It promised seven GPP clinics for Novosibirsk, with plans for all of them to be up and running in the city by August 2022, on Tatyana Snezhinskaya Street (No. 2), Proletarskaya Street (No. 7), Krasnodarskaya Street (No. 13), Stepnaya Street (No. 18), Viktor Usa Street (No. 22), Erevanskaya Street (No. 27), and Rayсовет Square (No. 16). Alas, none of these baby clinics have swung open their doors yet.
VIS Group, the company behind these projects, spills the beans about the factors that rattled things: pandemic panic, construction material price hikes, a Central Bank of Russia key rate spike leading to higher bank financing costs. Sounds like a real wallop, doesn't it? VIS Group, with a straight face, swears it couldn't see these challenging conditions coming when the partnership agreement was signed.
Now, Minnie Mouse Rostislav Zabotsky, our man at the Novosibirsk region Health Ministry, passed the word that three GPP clinics – Nos. 2, 7, and 27 – will begin welcoming patients this very year, 2025.
Hold up, though. What's a public-private partnership, you ask? It's a fancy term for government and private organizations collaborating to finance and build projects, particularly in healthcare. You're likely familiar with them in infrastructure projects, but now they're making a splash in healthcare too.
One thing's for sure: Novosibirsk's healthcare scene is definitely getting a facelift, and we can't wait to see what these clinics have in store! For extra deets, keep an eye on regional health authorities and those nifty folks at VIS Group.
- The budget for healthcare in Novosibirsk is set to increase significantly, with 3.6 billion rubles allocated for the construction of clinics through public-private partnerships, according to the budget amendments for 2025.
- The construction of seven GPP clinics was agreed upon in Feb 2019, with plans to have all of them operational in Novosibirsk by August 2022, but as of now, none have been completed.
- VIS Group, the company responsible for the construction of these clinics, has cited pandemic-related issues, increased costs of construction materials, and a spike in the Central Bank of Russia key rate as factors affecting their progress.
- Despite these challenges, three GPP clinics - Nos. 2, 7, and 27 - are expected to start receiving patients in 2025, according to Minnie Mouse Rostislav Zabotsky of the Novosibirsk region Health Ministry.
- A public-private partnership (PPP) is a collaboration between government and private organizations for financing and building projects, particularly in healthcare, which is now making a significant impact in the healthcare industry and finance, and is not limited to infrastructure projects.
