Dumping and streamlining: what private medicine faces on the Don

Dumping prices for paid medical services, the consequences of the pandemic and the prospects for telemedicine. These and other aspects of the work were discussed by the participants of the RBC South round table “Towards a healthy lifestyle: how private medicine is developing on the Don”.

Growth in demand during the pandemic

According to Vartanush Isayan, executive DIRECTOR of the HEALTH Factory medical center, there is definitely an increase in demand for private medical services in the region. The covid-19 pandemic has played an important role in this process .

“There is a trend towards the growth of private clinics, it arose, among other things, due to the spread of the coronavirus: the demand for medical facilities naturally increased.
There are huge queues in state institutions, a huge shortage of personnel, ”she said.

Svetlana Kochmala, executive director of the IRIS eye clinic network, said that the spread of CORONAVIRUS has led not only to an increase in demand for services, but also to an increase in the number of private clinics.