First Vice Minister of Healthcare Timur Sultangaziyev Visits National Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery

During a working visit to Almaty, Timur Sultangaziyev visited the National Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, where he familiarized himself with the medical organization's work.

The history of the country's oldest scientific center in the field of pediatrics spans more than 90 years. Today, the clinic has a capacity of 285 beds, consisting of three units (pediatric, surgical, and the center for pediatric oncology and hematology). The Center also carries out organizational-methodological, educational, and scientific activities.

The first stop on the visit was the Radiology Diagnostics Department (CT, MRI). The NCPPS Radiology Department performs more than 45,000 examinations for children annually, including 5,000 CT scans and 3,500 MRI scans. The Vice Minister also observed the work of clinical departments such as the Cardiac Surgery Department with its intensive care unit for cardiac surgery patients, the Oncology and Hematology Department, the Oncosurgery Department, as well as the intensive care units for newborns and for older children.

Timur Slamzhanovich then toured the transfusiology department, the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) department, and the Center's laboratory. The clinical diagnostic laboratory includes laboratories for cytology, immunology, histology and immunohistochemistry, a cytogenetics laboratory, a hemostasis laboratory, and a bacteriology laboratory. The Center's laboratory service provides comprehensive diagnostics and monitoring of patients' conditions and also carries out a substantial number of tests for other medical organizations across the country.

During a visit to the hematopoietic stem cell apheresis room, Timur Sultangaziyev asked about the process of collecting, preparing, and transplanting stem cells. It was noted that the Center is actively developing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as a high-tech treatment method. In 2025, 58 transplants were performed, including 18 autologous, 8 haploidentical, and 31 allogeneic transplants, 12 of which were from unrelated donors.

The delegation also visited the angiography operating room, the centralized medication compounding room, and the smart classroom for children with oncological and hematological diseases.

The meeting covered a range of issues, including the challenges and prospects for the development of pediatric services in Kazakhstan as a whole and at the National Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery in particular, the clinic's material and technical capacity, scientific matters, issues facing medical personnel, and other topics. Discussions also touched on the Center's role in providing organizational and methodological support to the region, as well as issues of infant mortality and the diagnosis and treatment of congenital developmental defects.

During the meeting with the clinic's leadership, Timur Slamzhanovich familiarized himself with the main challenges involved in providing medical care to children and listened to the doctors' suggestions and requests.

At the conclusion of the visit, First Vice Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan Timur Sultangaziyev thanked all the doctors working at the national center — where more than 7,000 children from across the country receive treatment each year — for their dedicated work, and wished them continued success.

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