Khabarovsk Slashes Heart Attack Deaths by 15% with Faster Emergency Care

The Khabarovsk region has cut fatal heart attacks by 15% in recent years. Improved treatments and faster emergency care played a key role in saving lives. Now, plans are underway to expand specialist services even further.

Early detection and rapid treatment have made a clear difference. Preventive screenings helped identify risks sooner, while more patients received life-saving coronary angioplasties—up by nearly 30%. Thrombolytic drugs and emergency surgeries, delivered within the critical 'golden hour', also boosted survival rates for heart attacks and strokes.

Telemedicine has extended specialist care to remote areas. Doctors now provide real-time consultations on thrombolytic therapy, ensuring patients in distant districts get timely advice. Meanwhile, the number of thrombectomy surgeries rose by a third at Krai Hospital No. 2, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur recently launching its own procedures.

Despite progress, space shortages in existing hospitals have delayed plans for a dedicated vascular department. To address this, the Ministry of Health of the Khabarovsk Krai is partnering with the Federal Center for Neurosurgery in Tyumen. Together, they will build the Khabarovsk Regional Vascular Center on the site of a former military hospital. Construction is set to begin in 2025.

The region's health improvements come from faster interventions and better access to care. With the new vascular centre, officials aim to expand treatment for peripheral vascular diseases. The project will also ease pressure on overcrowded hospital facilities.