The Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) for decades remains the largest medical institution in the region. The clinic deals with the practical tasks of improving and treating the population, students of the medical academy are trained, and scientific and educational activities are being conducted.
History
Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) was founded in 1876, and in 1882 it merged with the Mariinsky City Hospital. The location since 1887 is Pokrovskaya Square. After the merger, the clinic became the largest; even then, up to 65 patients who received surgical and therapeutic care were admitted to it for inpatient treatment. The hospital was created as an institution where they provided free medical care to all citizens, regardless of class and religion.
By the revolutionary year of 1917, the Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) had five inpatient departments with 300 beds, outpatient admissions were conducted. The equipment was advanced, research was carried out in an X-ray room, a bacteriological laboratory and a prosector. Own pharmacy dispensed medicines for all patients as prescribed by the doctor.
During the turbulent revolutionary years and the Civil War, hospital specialists made every effort to prevent epidemics. In connection with a change in the system, the clinic received a new name - “Central City Hospital”, and in 1923 it became known as “City Hospital named after Astrakhan proletariat. " In addition to the names, responsibilities expanded as well, students began to study at the hospital. In 1922, the medical university had two departments in the clinic - surgery and therapy. In World War II, a hospital was deployed in the clinic.
In the postwar years, life and work gradually enter into a peaceful channel. Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) by 1951 had eight departments with various specializations. The number of beds for patients in 1955 reached 500 units. In the following years, several new departments were opened in the medical institution and in the mid-eighties inpatient departments could accept up to 950 patients for treatment. The historical name "Alexandro-Mariinsky Hospital" was returned to the clinic in 1992.
Description
To date, the Alexander Hospital of Astrakhan is the largest medical institution in the region. The technical equipment of the departments is constantly being renovated, and obsolete equipment is gradually being replaced by new ones. Inpatient departments are designed for 1208 beds, in future plans the number of beds for patients will increase.
The hospital has 18 departments of the leading medical university of Astrakhan - the medical academy. The clinic staff consists of more than 2000 professionals, of which 492 specialized specialists are doctors of the Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan). The hospital is located in ten buildings, the structure includes specialized centers for the provision of medical care:
- Diagnostic and consultation center.
- Clinic.
- Consultative and diagnostic department.
- Center for rabies care.
- Vascular Center.
- Perinatal Center.
- Center for Traumatology and Orthopedics.
- 24 hour hospital.
- Day hospital.
- Center for rehabilitation and treatment.
- Center for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care.
- Center for the organization and conduct of extrabudgetary activities.
Clinic
Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) accepts patients from all over the region to serve. Advance appointments are required for advice and medical care at the clinic. At the appointment with a specialist, the patient is referred by the attending physician, who served in the community. In the clinic, doctors take up to 500 patients per shift. Diagnosis and treatment are provided in 25 medical areas. Recording is done at the reception by telephone.
For a comfortable visit, the administration of the institution recommends arriving 30 minutes before the appointed time to find the office of interest, prepare documents, arrange your visit to the registry. To receive, you need:
- Referral from a treating specialist.
- SNILS, passport.
- MHI or VHI policy.
- A medical record with a medical history or statement, the results of previous studies, including films, photographs, etc.
Reception starts from 08:00 and lasts until 18:00. Up to 600 patients visit the diagnostic center daily; residents of the region and the city of Astrakhan use its services. Alexander Hospital serves 60% of the rural population.
Multidisciplinary Clinic
In the Astrakhan Regional Alexandro-Mariinsky Hospital, the outpatient department provides the following services:
- Primary first-aid health care in an outpatient clinic.
- Primary medical care.
- Medical care in a day hospital.
- Specialized medical assistance.
- Specialized medical care in a day hospital.
Hospital
One of the largest regional centers of Russia is the city of Astrakhan. The Alexander Hospital of the hospital department was equipped in accordance with modern technical and sanitary standards. More than 30 thousand residents of the city and the region receive full medical care in the clinic. More than 14 thousand surgical interventions are performed annually, high-tech medical care is provided.
Highly qualified surgeons perform open-heart surgery, replace hip and other joints, many types of interventions are unique not only to the local clinic, but also nationwide. More than 850 patients a year receive high-tech hospital care.
Hospitalization of patients is carried out by appointment and in the direction from the attending local doctor. The registry of the Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) will help you. A visitor, in order to receive full service, must have:
- Referral from the attending specialist, which accurately describes the reason for treatment.
- A medical record or an extract from it, certified by the attending physician.
- The results of medical research.
- Passport, SNILS, insurance policy (CHI, VHI).
Inpatient care
The inpatient department provides treatment for citizens in the following areas:
- Surgical service (departments - thoracic, colonoproctological, 2 surgical, urological, ophthalmic, neurosurgical, etc.).
- Diagnostic center (consultation clinic, occupational pathology, laser surgery, outpatient clinic, radiation diagnostics, ultrasound, endoscopy, etc.).
- Center for Resuscitation and Anesthesiology (blood transfusion center, intensive care unit and gravitational blood surgery, intensive care unit, etc.).
- Therapeutic service (departments of cardiology, therapy, pulmonology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, hematology, etc.).
- Vascular center (departments - surgery, radiology and surgery, cardiology, neurology, etc.).
- Center for rehabilitation treatment (departments - physiotherapy, exercise therapy, hyperbaric oxygenation, etc.).
Perinatal center
The regional perinatal center belongs to the Alexander Mariinsky Hospital. The inpatient department accepts up to 200 patients at a time, the advisory center serves more than 20 thousand visitors during the year. The main patients of the clinic are women and children. Up to 3 thousand babies are born in the walls of the perinatal center per year.
Pregnant women are served from an early date; if necessary, women can rely on medical assistance, backed by all the clinic's capabilities. In the hospital, screening is carried out in the early stages of pregnancy, which helps to identify and, if possible, cure fetal pathologies. In 2009, the center, taking part in the National Competition of the Russian Federation for the title of the best maternity hospital, became one of its laureates.
Departments of the perinatal center
The obstetric rooms are equipped according to modern requirements and are designed for one person. If desired, partner births are possible, breastfeeding is encouraged, a woman can independently choose a specialist for individual counseling. It is possible for a woman in childbirth to stay under compulsory medical insurance, voluntary medical insurance or on a commercial basis.
For babies born with health, developmental or premature abnormalities in the perinatal center, conditions have been created for comprehensive treatment and nursing. Today, health and full development is possible for children born with ultra-low body weight from 0.5 to 1.5 kilograms.
The structure of the center includes the following departments:
- Consultative and diagnostic.
- Gynecological
- Generic.
- Pathology of pregnancy.
- Observational.
- For newborns.
- Anesthesiology and intensive care.
- Resuscitation and intensive care for infants.
- Pathologies of newborns and premature babies.
- Center for Medical Genetic Counseling.
Paid services
Possibilities of treatment for insurance policies are open for patients, as well as on a commercial basis. Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) provides paid services in all areas of medical activity that exist in the clinic. Citizens of Russia who have applied for medical, diagnostic, consultative help receive a range of services guaranteed by the policy. The necessary procedures that are not covered by insurance are paid according to the calculation of hospital services.
High-tech assistance is provided according to quotas and is financed from the MHI policies or from the federal budget. Sometimes treatment requires additional examination and investment of the patient’s personal finances. In AIOCB, the diagnostic center has equipment for examining the whole organism or for individual indicators (clinical laboratory tests, CT, functional diagnostics, MRI (Astrakhan).
Alexander Hospital is equipped with advanced technology, and the cost of services is within the framework accessible to the patient. For example, magnetic resonance imaging costs from 1775 rubles (cervical spine) to 9735 rubles (MRI of the abdomen with contrast), obstetric care - about 12 thousand rubles.
Reviews
Alexander Hospital (Astrakhan) received very different reviews for the same types of services, treatment and diagnostics. Some patients claim that highly qualified doctors and nurses work in the hospital. Visitors by name name specialists of inpatient departments, whose help helped to get on their feet literally. Many warm words are addressed to the doctors of the clinic, whose high-quality treatment saved the disease, stopped the disease, stabilized the condition. It is indicated that the wards of the hospital are comfortable and the staff is polite.
Another part of visitors claims that the attitude towards patients leaves much to be desired. Patients say that some doctors are not qualified and cannot diagnose diseases, and medical staff are often rude. Most visitors to the hospital advise, before contacting the Alexander Hospital, to choose a specialist who should be consulted.
The Alexandro-Mariinsky Clinical Hospital (Astrakhan) is located on Tatishchev Street, building No. 2. The in-patient department of the hospital is open around the clock. The clinic accepts patients from 08:00 to 20:00. You can find out the telephone number of the help desk on the official website.