3. Expediency of construction of the International Scientific and Production Medical Centre for Leukemic Children Treatment in the Republic of Tatarstan

EXPEDIENCY

of construction of the International Scientific and Production Medical Centre for Leukemic Children Treatment in the Republic of Tatarstan
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At present, the world market for leukemic treatment services has been formed. The services are mostly provided by the most developed countries - the USA, the United Kingdom, Japan and some European countries. Because of high prices that market is inaccessible for patients of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other CIS countries.

Nowadays, a hidden revolution proceeds in the medical services area in Russia. To gain an adequate place, the Republic or Tatarstan possesses the appropriately high scientific and technological potential and high-skilled medical personnel. The Republic of Tatarstan enjoys a favourable political and interethnic situation, as well as advantageous geographical and climatic conditions.

Commercially, the International Scientific and Production Medical Centre for Leukemic Children Treatment (hereinafter, the CENTRE) would be able to provide Tatarstan, the Russian Federation and other ex-USSR states with remedies and medical services. The services area could later be expanded to Arab Middle East region as well.

Today, world prices for human marrow transplantation are fixed at level of $US 100,000-150,000. Simple arithmetic calculation reveals that medical expenses for 10 leukemic children treatment abroad would be about $US 1.5 million, accordingly for 1,500 children about $US 200 million. That is the sum would be required for the CENTRE’s construction. Siting the CENTRE in the Republic of Tatarstan is also favoured by low land prices and moderate medical services prices.

The idea of the CENTRE’s construction has been approved by M.Shaimiev, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan; it has also been authorized by the government of the Russian Federation (directive No.V4-P12-01914 on January 23, 1994).

Importance of the CENTRE according to modern high-tech town concept was backed up by the Russian Federation President’s decree of November 9, 1997, concerning "naukograd" (town of science).

Brief information about the Republic of Tatarstan

Official name of the State - the Republic of Tatarstan.

"The Republic of Tatarstan is a sovereign state, a subject of international law, associated with the Russian Federation on the basis of the Treaty on mutual delegation of powers and jurisdictional subjects".

Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, Article 61.

The Republic of Tatarstan was formed on May 27, 1920. The capital of Tatarstan is Kazan, a city with the population of 1,100,000 people. The total area of Tatarstan is 68,000 sq.km. The population of Tatarstan was estimated as 3,754,800 at 1995.

The Republic of Tatarstan is situated in the extreme east of Europe, at the place of junction of two rivers - Volga and Kama.

The climate is moderate continental, sometimes with hot summer and moderate cold winter. The average temperature of January is -14°C; of July - +19°C; the yearly average temperature is -2.5°C (36.5°F); the yearly average precipitation value reaches 500 mm, summer and autumn account for 65% of this value.

According to the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, adopted on November 6, 1992, equal rights in all spheres of political, economic and cultural life are guaranteed to all the citizens.

Tatarstan proclaimed its territory as a zone, free of mass destruction weapons. As for the Constitution, the land, mineral wealth, water, forest and other natural resources, the animal and vegetable kingdom, means of State budget, assets of national banks are the property of the whole people. It's economy is based on social market principles, various forms of property is allowed; the property is inviolable; equal conditions of legal protection of various forms of property are provided. The property of other states, international organizations, foreign legal persons and stateless persons is allowed in the Republic of Tatarstan. Land plots, used in any sphere of activities not prohibited by the law, may be the private property.

A supreme permanent legislative and representative body of the Republic of Tatarstan is the State Council. The head of the state is the President. An executive and administrative body of state power of the Republic of Tatarstan is the Cabinet of Ministers. i.e. Government headed by the Prime Minister.

Tatars are the most northern group of Muslims. Sunnite branch of Islam reached the territory of Tatarstan early in the 10th century. The Orthodox Christianity began to disseminate in the middle of the 16th century just after the Kazan Khanate conquest. This religion is professed by the other part of the population: the Russians, the Chuvashs, the Maris, at al.

There are about twenty institutes of higher education in Tatarstan. The oldest of them is Kazan State University (founded in 1804). Today, Tatarstan has its own Academy of Science. There is also Kazan Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences. The basic fields of fundamental and applied research are follows: magnetic physics, medicine and medical equipment, optical and microelectronics, theory of oil extraction, organic and physical chemistry etc.

The more detailed information is available through Internet:

http://www.kcn.ru/tat_en/

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