Oncopatrul will check the health of teachers of Saratov state technical university

The Saratov Region will become the 24th region where the All-Russian information and Educational project “Oncopatrul” will go, where a large-scale program aimed at cancer education and preservation of the health of the population of our country will be held from April 26 to 28. The project is carried out on the initiative of the Chief Oncologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Director General of the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Andrey Kaprin with the support of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

Traditionally, the project program includes a series of events for the region’s doctors, as well as a health check of the region’s population. On April 26, with the participation of the head of the Ministry of Health of the Saratov region Oleg Kostin and the chief oncologist of the Saratov region Sergey Vertyankin, the Third multidisciplinary scientific and practical conference for primary care physicians will be held. The program of the event provides thematic seminars on the formation of cancer alertness and early detection of cancer for obstetricians, gynecologists, therapists, urologists, dermatologists, ultrasound specialists, pulmonologists, allergists, radiation diagnosticians. The conference program also includes a practical master class on endoscopic technologies, including endosonography of pancreatic cancer – one of the most formidable types of ZNO. It is conducted by the Candidate of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department of Endoscopy of the P. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute – a branch of the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia Alexander Vodoleev. A traditional seminar on the care of stomatological patients for nurses will also be an obligatory part of the program. According to preliminary data, more than 500 specialists of the region will take part in scientific and practical seminars of “Oncopatrulya”.

In turn, on April 27 and 28, 150 teachers of the leading university in the region – Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin – will undergo a health check. For this purpose, leading oncologists of the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia will come to the region, who will conduct advisory and diagnostic activities under the men’s and women’s health program. The project provides consultations of specialists-oncologists – gynecologists, mammologists, urologists, abdominal and thoracic surgeon, ultrasound diagnosticians.

A socially significant event of the Oncopatrul will be the Round table “Provision of the Saratov region Oncological Service”, which will be held in the Public Chamber under the leadership of the President of the All-Russian Patient Organization “Hello” Irina Borova. It will be attended by leading social movements of the region, specialists of the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, representatives of the Ministry of Health, the CHI Fund, supervisory authorities of the Saratov region.

The “Oncopatrul” will end with a concert in the TYUZ, where the results of work in the region will be summed up and the baton of the project will be passed. The event will be held with the participation of the Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin, the Minister of Health of the Saratov region Oleg Kostin, a delegation of doctors of the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia and residents of the city.

Press Service of the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia