Moscow. November 24. INTERFAX-Two military medical centers in the Astrakhan region with 200 beds will be transferred to the region after construction is completed.
The corresponding government order is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
"Allocate in 2020, the Ministry of defense of Russia from the reserve Fund of the government of the Russian Federation budget allocations in the amount of 1 billion 842 million 662.11 thousand rubles for the construction of one multifunctional medical center with a total capacity of 200 beds with providing infrastructure for 100 beds each in order to provide medical care to patients with infectious diseases in Astrakhan and Narimanov (Astrakhan region) as part of the state defense order," the document says.
According to the order, after commissioning, the medical centers will be transferred to the ownership of the Astrakhan region free of charge.
The Ministry of defense announced the start of construction of medical centers on October 12. As reported by local authorities, the centers are designed to receive patients with COVID-19.