More than 820 thousand residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region underwent medical examination

Since the beginning of the year, more than 820 thousand residents have undergone medical examination in the Nizhny Novgorod region. This was reported in the regional Ministry of health.

Almost 392 thousand people were sent to the second stage of the examination to clarify the diagnosis. During the medical examination for the first time revealed about 20 thousand cases of heart disease, about 4 thousand cases of diabetes and the same number of diseases of the digestive system, more than 2 thousand cases of respiratory diseases. In almost 1,900 cases, oncology was diagnosed in the early stages.

The Ministry of Health reminds: medical examination allows to identify diseases at an early stage, when treatment is most effective.