3 April 2026

Lukashenko has opened a "polyclinic of the future" in Minsk—residents of remote regions will also be able to receive care there

On April 3, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko took part in the ceremonial opening of the new City Polyclinic No. 42 in the Vostochny residential district.

What the new facility offers

This is a modern medical facility designed around a new patient-flow model — fr om electronic registration to rapid diagnostics. The polyclinic is designed to handle 850 visits per shift. It will serve approximately 25,200 people, reducing the burden on other outpatient healthcare organisations in the Pervomaisky District. The district is being actively developed, and its population is expected to grow by another 10,000 people by 2028.

The new polyclinic will employ 46 doctors and approximately 100 specialists with secondary medical education.

Care not only for Minsk residents, but also for people from remote regions

Alexander Lukashenko stressed the high standard of the newly created facility:

“We tried to create a very good clinic here, a polyclinic of the future. So that the standard here would be no worse than abroad. So that you would admire what is yours, rather than what you see on television.”

The head of state paid particular attention to making high-quality healthcare accessible to all Belarusians, regardless of wh ere they live:

“We are creating a very serious base here. We need to make sure that those who live farther away from Minsk can also receive care here. More advanced technologies are available here.”

The President set the task of ensuring that high-quality modern healthcare is available not only to Minsk residents, but also to people living in the most remote regions. He instructed the city authorities, the government, and Natalya Kochanova, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic and the authorised representative of the head of state in Minsk, to develop the appropriate approaches.

“Do everything possible so that, having heard us today, the Belarusian people — in Khotimsk, Volkovysk, or elsewhere — understand that this belongs to them too. Think about how to make this happen!

The most advanced and best medical professionals will work here. Not because our healthcare workers in Mstsislaw, Khotimsk, Lida, Stolbtsy, and other cities are worse. It is because Minsk medical professionals can gain earlier access to the most modern technologies and master them,” the President said.