A new oxygen station will appear in the Monchegorsk hospital

A new oxygen station will appear in the Monchegorsk Central district hospital. The equipment will be purchased to replace the failed one. This information was announced at a meeting of the Regional Duma committee on healthcare, the Bi-port news agency reported on Friday, June 20.

According to Lena Lukicheva, the head of the committee, the financing of the regional profile state program will increase by 105 million rubles.

The draft law on the budget execution of the regional Territorial compulsory health insurance Fund for 2024 was also discussed at the committee meeting. His income amounted to 25.2 billion rubles, expenses — 25.7 billion rubles, deficit — more than 460 million rubles.

Earlier, experts named the most sought-after medical professions in Russia. Thus, the need for laboratory assistants in Russia increased by 47% from January to early June 2025 compared to the same period last year.