On February 9, 2023, a republican meeting was held on the basis of the state institution "Republican sanatorium "Vyazhuti" for people with disabilities with disorders of the musculoskeletal system", which highlighted the results of the work of the system of sanatorium treatment and improvement of the population in 2022 and tasks for 2023 .

The meeting was attended by Director of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population Gennady Nikolayevich Bolbatovsky, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Marina Borisovna Artyomenko, Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism Andreychik Oleg Evstafievich, Chairman of the Molodechno District Executive Committee Gorlov Yury Nikolayevich, representatives of other state bodies and organizations, owners of objects of the health-improving complex of the Republic of Belarus, other interested parties.

In accordance with the program of the meeting, the solemn opening of the medical and health-improving building of the sanatorium "Vyazhuti" took place. About 14 million rubles of budget funding were allocated for its construction. Thanks to this, new types of medical services have become available in the health resort, including speleotherapy, underwater spinal traction, a SPA capsule, a cedar barrel, carbonic and contrast baths, a hyperbaric chamber, electrosleep, dry aquamassage and floating. At the same time, the medical base of the sanatorium has all the necessary conditions for an accessible environment for people with disabilities.

According to the results of familiarization of the meeting participants with the organization of medical work of the Vyazhuti sanatorium, a plenary session was held at its base, at which Gennady Nikolaevich Bolbatovsky, Director of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population, made a keynote speech.

As part of his report, Bolbatovsky G.N. noted that in 2022, the system of sanatorium treatment and rehabilitation of the population fully recovered from the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic and reached pre-epidemic performance indicators:

As of January 1, 2023, the network of sanatorium and health resort organizations consists of 295 facilities with a total capacity of 61,000 beds. Including 102 health resort organizations for 28 thousand people and 193 health organizations for 33 thousand people.

With an average annual occupancy rate of about 80 percent, the material and technical base of health resorts makes it possible to provide services to more than 1,300,000 people annually. For its development in 2022, health resorts used more than 98 million rubles, which is 17 percent more than a year earlier (84 million rubles).

In 2022, the Zhemchuzhina health and recreation center (24.2 million rubles), the sanatoriums of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus Yunost (6.4 million rubles) and the sanatorium of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Vyazhuti (5, 5 million rubles).

The health-improving complex is staffed by 95 percent, including medical workers - by 93 percent. Most of the medical workers of health resorts have the first or highest qualification category.

In the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, we maintained the material and technical base and human resources of the medical and recreation complex, in 2021 we ensured the recovery growth of its main performance indicators, and in 2022 we reached the pre-epidemic performance indicators:

1 million 425 thousand people underwent sanatorium treatment and rehabilitation, which is 12 percent more than in 2021 (1 million 272 thousand people) and 2.6 percent more than in 2019 (1 million people). 389 thousand people);

the average occupancy of the medical and recreation complex was 80 percent, which is 6 percentage points higher than in 2021 (74 percent), but 4 percent lower than in 2019 (84 percent);

total revenue from the sale of medical and health services amounted to 877 million rubles, which is 30 percent higher than in 2021 (674 million rubles) and 32 percent higher than in 2019 (666 million rubles);

revenue from the sale of additional paid services amounted to 177 million rubles, which is 36 percent higher than in 2021 (129.6 million rubles) and one and a half times higher than in 2019 (115.9 million rubles);

revenue from the sale of additional paid medical services amounted to 70 million rubles, which is 31 percent higher than in 2021 (53.6 million rubles), and one and a half times higher than in 2019 (45.2 million rubles) .

The development of the market of health-improving services is most characterized by the following indicators:

661 thousand people underwent sanatorium-resort treatment and rehabilitation without using budget financing, which is almost 15 percent more than in 2021 (576.2 thousand people) and almost 11 percent more than in 2019 (594.8 thousand persons);

the total revenue from the sale of services to these persons amounted to 656.2 million rubles, which is 38 percent higher than in 2021 (475.9 million rubles) and 43 percent higher than in 2019 (460.1 million rubles). rubles).

The largest share among such persons was made up of citizens of the Republic of Belarus - 472 thousand people, which is 8 percent more than in 2021 (437 thousand people), and 34 percent more than in 2019 (352 thousand people).

Revenue from the sale of services to our citizens amounted to 411 million rubles, which is 25 percent higher than in 2021 (329.7 million rubles), and 1.7 times higher than in 2019 (244.5 million rubles). ).

Export figures also increased significantly in 2022:

More than 188 thousand foreign citizens underwent sanatorium treatment and rehabilitation in the health resorts of the Republic of Belarus, which is 35 percent more than in 2021 (139.4 thousand people), but 22 percent less than in the record-breaking 2019 year (242.8 thousand people);

However, the proceeds from the export of Belarusian medical and health services amounted to more than 245 million rubles, which is 1.7 times higher than in 2021 (146.2 million rubles), and 14 percent higher than in 2019 (215. 6 million rubles).

The largest amount of revenue from the export of services per bed in 2022 will be achieved by sanatorium and resort organizations in the Grodno region (11.4 thousand rubles), the smallest - by the health resorts of Minsk (1.1 thousand rubles).

In general, the best results were achieved by the sanatorium and resort organizations of the Vitebsk region, which scored the highest overall score when assessing the main performance indicators of the health resorts of the Republic of Belarus. Also in the leaders of the health resorts of Minsk and Brest regions.

The stable operation of the health-improving complex is largely ensured by citizens exercising their right to health resort treatment and rehabilitation.

In 2022, all social projects and activities of state programs for sanatorium treatment and improvement of the population were implemented in full. For these purposes, 220.6 million rubles of budget funds were used.

765,000 people were provided with free or cheaper tours, which is 10 percent more than in 2021 (696,000 people).

When organizing sanatorium treatment and improving the health of the population, the state pays the greatest attention to minor children. More than 70 percent of the total funding allocated to the Center is annually used to purchase and reduce the cost of vouchers for them.

In 2022, medical and health services covered all children who wanted and needed - 686.3 thousand people, or about half of the entire child population of the Republic of Belarus. 160.5 million rubles of budgetary funds were used to organize their sanatorium treatment and rehabilitation.

Minor children who do not need sanatorium treatment are sent for rehabilitation. They improve their health most massively during the summer holidays, so the state pays special attention to the organization and conduct of children's summer health campaigns.

In the summer of 2022, 375,000 children improved their health in health, sports and recreation camps of all types, which is 9 percent more than a year earlier. The students' need for summer recreation was fully met. At the same time, unlike last year, the planned volumes of children's rehabilitation were fulfilled in all regions of the Republic of Belarus.

In 2023, 795 thousand citizens, including 730 thousand children, including 86.2 thousand children affected by the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster (together with accompanying persons), and about 8.5 thousand .disabled children.

390,000 children will be provided with organized summer recreation and health improvement in health and sports camps.

The director of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population also outlined the main tasks for 2023.

Reports at the meeting were also made by the head of the representative office of the Brest Regional Department of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population Reshetneva Alla Mikhailovna, General Director of the UE "Belprofsoyuzkurort" Nikolai Valeryevich Matyukevich. As part of their reports, they familiarized the meeting participants with the results of work on the organization of sanatorium treatment and rehabilitation of the population in 2022, achieved in the Brest region and UE Belprofsoyuzkurort, respectively.

Based on the results of work in 2022, the representative offices of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population were awarded, having achieved the best performance indicators:

representative office Brest Regional Administration (1st place);

representative office Minsk City Administration (2nd place);

representative office of the Vitebsk Regional Administration (3rd place);

The best sanatorium and resort organizations that achieved the best performance in 2022 were also awarded:

among children's sanatoriums:

branch "Sanatorium "Solnyshko" of the open joint-stock company OJSC "Belagrozdravnitsa" (1st place);

branch "Sanatorium "Sluch" of the open joint-stock company OJSC "Belagrozdravnitsa" (2nd place);

branch "Sanatorium "Rosinka" of the open joint-stock company OJSC "Belagrozdravnitsa" (3rd place);

among children's rehabilitation and health centers:

communal unitary enterprise "Children's Rehabilitation and Health Center "Zhemchuzhina" (1st place);

Belarusian-German Joint Limited Liability Company "Children's Rehabilitation and Health Center "Nadezhda" (2nd place);
communal unitary enterprise "Children's Rehabilitation and Health Center "Kolos" (3rd place);

among sanatoriums for adults;

state institution "Sanatorium" Yunost "of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus (1st place);

branch "Sanatorium "Radon" of the open joint-stock company OJSC "Belagrozdravnitsa" (2nd place);

state institution "Republican sanatorium "Vyazhuti" for disabled people with disorders of the musculoskeletal system" (3rd place).