Kazakh Government monitors

19:35, 6 August 2009

ANA. August 6. KAZINFORM /Kurman Samarkhan/ In his 2007 Address to the Nation "New Kazakhstan in a New World" the Head of the State commissioned the Government for 3 years to build 100 schools and 100 hospitals in Kazakhstan's regions, which need these facilities most of all.

In whole the project "100 schools, 100 hospitals" envisages construction of 106 schools for 86,300 places. 48 schools have already been put into operation. 36 more schools will be commissioned by the end of 2009.

The project also envisages construction of 103 hospitals (99 local, 4 republican). 7 local healthcare facilities were commission last year. 17 more are expected to be finished this year.

Implementation of the project initiated by the President of Kazakhstan is constantly monitored by the Government.

At the recent sitting of the Government Kazakh Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuimebayev informed that at present the project realization is impeded by a serious problem of untimely utilization of budget funds, which results from slow pace of construction works. He noted that due to rising construction costs the Ministry needed additional financing.

Speaking about "100 hospitals" Kazakh Minister of Healthcare Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev informed that some regions failed to develop construction documents on 12 facilities.

Upon the results of the sitting Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov did not supported the idea of allocation of additional funds. He fixed the control date - August 17 telephone conference - when the reasons of all problems concerning the project should be cleared up and removed.

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