The "Arctic: Present and Future" conference was held on December 10-12 in St. Petersburg. It is an annual event that summarizes the Arctic agenda in Russia: public policy priorities, sustainable regional development, human, social and health issues.
Despite the epidemic situation, the conference was held at a high level. The conference included 29 business events, which brought together 2,500 people from 70 regions of Russia. These were representatives of the authorities (Legislative Duma, Federation Council and subject ministries), business, science and public organizations.
CEO of "CCM Group" Sergey Antipov made a presentation at the session on "Arctic Medicine". The report includes the company's experience in working in the Arctic region, outlined the main problems encountered the region and ways of solving them. The report presented company's experience in working in the Arctic region, identified the main problems and ways to solve them.
"This is the fourth year we have covered the issue of medical care at remote industrial sites in the region at this conference. Our company has a ten-year experience of work in the Arctic and is present in 6 of the 9 Arctic regions. We manage 119 medical facilities in the Russian Far North and 8 facilities in the territory equated to the climatic conditions of the Far North. About 70 of them are located in the onshore territory of the Arctic zone of Russia and two in the Arctic shelf. Such experience is unique.
The Arctic is a complex and large area with its own problems - extreme weather conditions and a lack of infrastructure. But at the same time, it is a high potential region for the development of our country, so our competence and experience in the region become unique and necessary," said Sergey Antipov.