On February 21-24, 2019, a delegation from the Republic of Tatarstan visited our country. This event is held in accordance with paragraph 6.1 of the protocol of agreements reached following the meeting of President of the Republic of Tatarstan R. Minnikhanov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan G. Ibragimov on October 10, 2017, and also according to the letter of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan dated January 16, 2019 number 09 -01/290.
The purpose of the visit was to exchange experience and establish cooperation in the field of pediatric cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology and urology.
On the first day of the visit, on February 21, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Health of the First Deputy Minister of Health Basithanova Elmira Irkinovna and a delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by Alla Gumarovna Gumerova, head of the department of international relations of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan. During the meeting, the participants were acquainted with the work of the Republican Clinical Children’s Hospital of the Republic of Tatarstan, and also considered the prospects for further cooperation in training and exchange of experience.
On the second day, on February 22, a scientific and practical conference was held at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Pediatrics, which was devoted to the topical issues of providing high-tech assistance in the field of heart surgery, neurosurgery, urology and ophthalmology. The reports of leading specialists of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the status of these services were heard.
In addition, one of the key moments of the conference was the signing of cooperation agreements between representatives of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Pediatrics, as well as the Tashkent Medical Pediatric Institute in the field of medical care and training.
After the theoretical part, the specialists began to conduct master classes.
In the Republican Specialized Scientific Practical Center of Pediatrics, a number of high-tech urological operations were carried out. So, the patient with congenital malformation of the kidney-stenosis in the area of the renal pelvis in the ureter was performed Pyeloplasty. If earlier the operation was carried out in an open way and was difficult for young patients, now the Center has modern equipment that allows performing the operation laparoscopically, that is, after 3 punctures cut the narrowed area and restore normal kidney function. Also, laparoscopic surgery was performed to remove a kidney cyst using modern equipment.
On February 23, a team of specialists from the Republic of Tatarstan and the Republic of Uzbekistan continued their work on examining patients and conducting operations.