“It is important for us to provide the residents of the new territories with conditions for affordable and comfortable medical care ... Now repair and restoration work is being carried out in almost a hundred institutions,” Khusnullin said, his words are quoted on the website of the Russian government.

He said that 64 healthcare facilities have already been restored in the new regions.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the government, said that medical workers in the new regions of Russia work in very difficult conditions and with an enormous workload.

Putin also demanded that the problems of the inhabitants of the new Russian regions be resolved immediately.