Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
Sergei Sobyanin and the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko opened the Moscow Medical Technocenter (Engineering Scientific and Practical Center “Gormedtekhnika”) after a comprehensive reconstruction.
“Moscow has enormous medical capacities – hundreds of thousands of units of very complex medical equipment that require daily attention, operation, repair, and maintenance at a high level of readiness. In fact, the quality of medical care for citizens and their health largely depend on this. And, of course, without creating structures that would deal with this, it is impossible to operate such a volume of equipment in Moscow today. Therefore, we essentially recreated Gormedtekhnika, created the Moscow Medical Technocenter, reconstructed buildings for it, and equipped it with all the necessary technologies. With the support of the Russian Ministry of Health, we provide personnel with higher education from the leading universities of our country – Baumanka, Sechenov University and other universities. This synergy, of course, ensures the reliable operation of the entire technological complex of the Moscow medical system,” said Sergei Sobyanin.
In turn, the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko noted that more than 300 thousand large medical devices alone are purchased in Russia every year. In order to service this equipment, it is necessary to train specialists who will carry out verification, preventive examinations and necessary repairs. Currently, the country is training specialists with specialized higher and secondary technical education, who are in great demand in the healthcare system. 2.5 thousand organizations have already received licenses for the technical maintenance of medical equipment.
“Moscow as a leader in the healthcare system, as a city that is implementing the very first new technologies, of course, needs such a division as today, in which we are present. This is an opportunity to train specialists and, if necessary, to tell medical workers in more detail how this or that equipment works already in some technical details, for a better understanding of the diagnostic and treatment process. We believe that what Moscow is doing today, Sergey Semenovich, is an absolutely leading position not only in our country, but also in the world,” said Mikhail Murashko.
The capital occupies a leading position in the development of healthcare not only in the country, but also in the world. This is facilitated, in particular, by the fact that, on the instructions of the President of Russia, a number of national projects are being implemented today. They provide not only for the supply of equipment to medical institutions, but also for the implementation of tasks related to scientific developments. This includes health-preserving technologies, which require the creation of new drugs and medical products.
“Of course, this requires competence, this requires specialists, so such a center is definitely in demand, and it has great serious prospects,” concluded Mikhail Murashko.
The Moscow Medical Technocenter is a unique institution, which has no analogues in Russia, which provides the entire life cycle of medical equipment: from purchase and maintenance to disposal. The motto of the Technocenter is “We treat what people are treated with.”
The comprehensive reconstruction of the main building of Gormedtekhnika, built in 1978, which houses the Moscow Medical Technocenter, was completed in May of this year. During the work, which took about two and a half years, the six-story building with an area of 13.7 thousand square meters was virtually completely rebuilt and equipped with the latest equipment.
Thus, repair areas were modernized, including those authorized by key manufacturers of medical equipment. A stand class “Medtechlab” was created with unique equipment for training engineers and students. There are devices for computer (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in section, artificial lung ventilation (ALV), anesthesia and respiratory (ANR) and video endoscopic devices.
“Our task is not only to cooperate with manufacturers, but also to develop our own capacities. The specialists of the updated Moscow Medical Technocenter will be able to handle even the most complex equipment,” Sergei Sobyanin wrote in
Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin
Comfortable conditions were created for the employees to work. In particular, the assembly hall was reconstructed and re-equipped, the area of the canteen was increased to 100 seats, and the adjacent territory was landscaped.
History of the Moscow Medical Technocenter
The Moscow Medical Technocenter (State Autonomous Institution “Engineering Scientific and Practical Center “Gormedtekhnika”) was founded in 1949 as an electromechanical plant for the repair and restoration of medical equipment. In 1965, a city department for sales, installation and repair was created on its basis under the name “Medtekhnika”. One of the tasks of the organization, along with the previous ones, was the supply of medical equipment. In 1972, the enterprise was transformed into the Moscow Experimental Plant of Medical Equipment.
Gormedtekhnika received the status of an engineering scientific and practical center in 2024. Thus, the repair and service institution became a full-fledged technology center with international certification from leading manufacturers of medical equipment and a base for specialized education in the field of repair and maintenance of relevant equipment.
In particular, the Moscow Medical TechnoCenter is a licensed service center for repair of Olympus endoscopic equipment and Mindray, Philips, B. Braun medical equipment. Its specialists regularly undergo training from leading manufacturers.
The institution has licenses for radiation safety and for the implementation of activities for the technical maintenance of all groups of medical devices, as well as accreditation in the field of ensuring the uniformity of measurements and testing of products.
The main tasks of the Moscow Medical Technocenter
The main activities of the Moscow Medical TechnoCenter include maintenance, repair, dismantling, relocation and disposal of medical equipment. Its engineers maintain over 147 thousand units of medical equipment of Moscow healthcare institutions. In 2023–2024 alone, specialists restored the functionality of over 24 thousand units of various medical equipment. The average repair period was 15 days. Since 2020, specialists have dismantled over 550 units of heavy equipment.
“In recent years, city hospitals and clinics
installed more than 480 thousand units of medical equipment. Everything must work without failures. That is why it is so important to carry out timely and high-quality maintenance and repairs,” Sergei Sobyanin wrote in on your telegram channel.
Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin
In addition, the institution is engaged in metrological maintenance, verification of measuring instruments and control of operational parameters of medical devices. Every year, its specialists carry out metrological maintenance of more than 180 thousand units of medical devices. In addition, they carry out acceptance tests of high-tech equipment for radiation diagnostics, therapy and other medical equipment.
Over the past five years, the volume of medical equipment inspected has exceeded 381 thousand units. Among them are over 1.4 thousand units of heavy equipment, such as X-ray machines, CT scanners, angiographs, magnetic resonance tomographs, and 3.5 thousand ultrasound machines and other high-tech equipment.
In 2024, a testing laboratory for blood glucose monitoring systems was opened at the Moscow Medical TechnoCenter. It controls the quality of glucometers and test strips. The laboratory is accredited in the national accreditation system. Today, state standard samples of glucose solution are being developed here together with specialists from the All-Russian Research Institute of Physical, Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements.
The functions of the center also include transportation and storage of medical equipment, as well as its commissioning.
The Moscow Medical TechnoCenter is the largest centralized customer of medical equipment for the capital’s healthcare system. Specialists purchase high-tech equipment, including as part of programs to modernize outpatient clinics and reconstruct large multidisciplinary hospitals. Thus, in 2023-2025, more than 80 thousand of its units were installed and put into operation.
Currently, 135 life cycle contracts have been concluded, under which more than seven thousand units of heavy equipment and other high-tech medical equipment have been purchased, including angiographs, MRI, CT, X-ray machines, mammographs, C-arm and ultrasound machines, and endoscopic stands (rigid and flexible).
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The Moscow Medical TechnoCenter provides technical support and control over the execution of government contracts for the supply of medical equipment, coordination and control over the execution of preparatory, installation and commissioning works, storage, delivery and transfer of medical equipment in accordance with the required conditions, as well as conducting control and technical tests. The area of warehouse premises used for these purposes is 35.8 thousand square meters.
In addition, the institution is an expert center for the acceptance of equipment for the healthcare system. From 2022 to 2024, its engineers inventoried and labeled about 150 thousand units of medical equipment.
Another area of the center’s activity is the examination of the technical condition of medical equipment for its licensing and write-off. It is carried out every year to ensure a continuous process of updating medical equipment.
In addition, the technocenter is engaged in the design and development of medical equipment and its operating conditions. A design department has been created on the basis of the institution, where prototypes of innovative products are developed and prepared for their mass production. Among the projects currently being implemented are:
— the Proximus-250 lifting and rail system for transporting patients, which will be in demand in intensive care, traumatology, neurology and other departments;
— electric portable aspirator Torr-30 for equipping ambulances — a device with a reduced noise level and a high vacuum level, adapted for operation in low temperature conditions (down to minus 30 degrees).
The technology center also monitors food supplies to more than 200 milk distribution points to provide for preferential categories of city residents: pregnant women and nursing mothers, as well as children under three years old, children from large families (from three to seven years old), with chronic diseases (from three to 15 years old), and disabled children (from three to 18 years old).
Since 2021, this social support measure has been transferred to a digital format – the mos.ru portal has online services “Submitting an application to receive food at a milk kitchen” and “Ordering food at a milk kitchen, choosing a milk distribution point and a schedule for receiving food.”
For over two years, food has been provided by electronic referral without the need for monthly visits to the clinic and issuing of a paper prescription. As a result, the number of visits to medical institutions and milk distribution points not related to receiving products has been reduced by eight million per year.
Training of engineering personnel
The Moscow Medical TechnoCenter employs over 1,500 specialists, including over 300 engineers. This is one of the sites for practical training of students from Moscow colleges and universities. The main partners include the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman, Russian Technological University, Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), and National Research University “MPEI”. In 2020–2025, over 230 students completed their internships here.
Since 2022, the targeted career project “Engineer Trainee” has been implemented, thanks to which 53 young specialists have come to work at the institution.
Over the years of the technology center’s work, an electronic library has been formed – the so-called knowledge base, containing a wide range of educational materials.
Experienced engineers who work for Moscow’s medical organizations also undergo practical training here. In 2020–2025, more than 3.1 thousand specialists took part in various advanced training programs.
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