Kazakhstan Completes Major Rural Healthcare Modernization, Opening 655 New Facilities

A crucial phase of Kazakhstan's national project for modernizing rural healthcare has concluded, marked by the commissioning of 655 new primary medical and sanitary care facilities.

This large-scale infrastructure initiative has provided direct access to qualified medical services for one million residents of remote villages, effectively eliminating their need to travel long distances to district centers.

The network of facilities, constructed in stages between 2023 and 2025, comprises 260 medical posts, 235 paramedic-midwife stations, and 160 outpatient clinics.

The steady commissioning of capacities—from 99 facilities in the first year to 195 in the final year of 2025—enabled a systematic coverage of all priority settlements across the country.

Each newly opened center is equipped with modern medical equipment, elevating the standard of care to a fundamentally new level. Rural residents can now undergo comprehensive preventive check-ups, vaccinations, dispensary monitoring, and primary diagnostics directly at their place of residence. This significantly improves the chances for early disease detection and timely treatment initiation.

Strengthening this primary care network has created a reliable foundation for the project's second major objective: transforming 32 district hospitals into multidisciplinary central district hospitals (MCDHs).

To date, nine such facilities are already operating in their updated format, with active work underway on another nineteen hospitals.

To continue this extensive modernization drive, the Republican Budget Commission has approved funding for projects in the Aktobe, Zhambyl, and Akmola regions. The possibility of attracting funds from a Special State Fund for a hospital in the Ulytau region is also under consideration.

This systemic transformation of the hospital sector is critically important. Creating conditions for providing acute care during the "golden hour"—crucial for strokes and heart attacks—is expected to reduce mortality from cardiovascular diseases by up to twenty percent.

Thus, implementing this national project acts as a powerful driver for developing the entire healthcare infrastructure. It ensures a steady improvement in service quality and makes modern medical assistance accessible to every citizen across Kazakhstan.