Presidential candidate G. Kassymov visited out-patient hospital No17 in Almaty

ALMATY. March 9. KAZINFORM /Aigul Turysbekova/ Candidate for President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan, Senator Gani Kassymov has met today with the staff and patients of Almaty municipal out-patient hospital No17.

The facility was built under "100 schools, 100 hospitals" program. According to Gulzhan Nurpeissova, a head of the campaign office, the agitation activities of G. Kassymov started namely from the healthcare issues. "In our opinion, the main wealth of the country is a human and his health. Unfortunately, despite various measures of state support, this sphere faces still many unsolved problems. One of them is low salary of the medical workers. And today's meeting with G. Kassymov with the hospital's staff focused namely on this problem," G. Nurpeissova said.

The presidential candidate got familiarized with the hospital's work, surveyed all departments and expressed interest in its services.