contribution helps to improve quality of health care in rural northern Sakhalin

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, December 23, 2011 – The Sakhlain-1 Consortium continues to make charitable contributions to improve the quality of health care throughout the region by donating new diagnostics and therapy equipment to medical facilities in the remote North Sakhalin town of Nogliki and nearby settlement of Val.  This new equipment will allow doctors of Nogliki Central District Hospital to diagnose test results much faster and reduce the need for some patients to travel to Yuzhno for testing and treatment.  The hospital was also given medical equipment for their pediatric department to aid patients with orthopedic, cardiovascular and bronchial-pulmonary diseases.  The total of U.S. $33,000 was donated to the hospital for this equipment by Sakhalin-1.

In addition to supporting Nogliki Hospital, Sakhlain-1 also made a contribution of over U.S. $6,000 which was used to purchase first aid kits for the reindeer herding indigenous minority residents of Val and therapy equipment for a clinic in the settlement.