Head of Bashkortostan spoke about operation of medical equipment in rural hospitals

The head of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, instructed the republic's Ministry of Health to organize on-site meetings to brief him on how work is organized with modern medical equipment.

The Minister of Health of the republic, Ayrat Rakhmatullin, reported that last week in Bashkortostan, the ambulance service responded to 21,249 calls. In more than 93% of cases, medics arrived within 20 minutes. According to him, the contact centers received 70,432 inquiries, processed 639,605 requests to see a doctor, and handled 18,594 as home visits.