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FEATURE RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE BUILDS HOSPITAL FOR THE RICH By Mark Franchetti Moscow – Russia The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is building an £80m hospital in Moscow that is likely to become the first port of call for Russia’s rich and famous. Until now, the moneyed have often had to travel abroad to find western standards of medical care. The Moscow Medical Centre - which is financed by Millhouse LLC, Abramovich’s holding company - will be the country’s most luxurious and technologically advanced hospital. Located in an 8.7 acre park on the southern edge of the capital, a couple of miles from Rublovka, Moscow’s version of Beverly Hills, the clinic will employ a medical staff of 700 to care for 400 people, including 80 in-house patients. VIP patients will stay in 750 sq ft suites - the size of an ordinary two-bedroom Russian flat - with their own lavish bathroom and living room equipped with flat-screen television, internet access and fax machine to allow them to keep an eye on their businesses from their sickbeds. The hospital, which is due to be completed this year, will be ‘as good as a five-star hotel,’ said one of the managers overseeing the project. It’s aimed at Russia’s growing middle classes as well as the elite, including businessmen and members of the government. “Abramovich is very keen to do his part to improve medical care in Russia,” said John Mann, the billionaire’s spokesman. Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club with an estimated fortune of more than £10 billion, is Russia’s richest man. He also backs a fund to help train young health professionals. Chronic under-funding after the collapse of communism has forced some of the country’s best specialists abroad and those who stayed struggle to survive on their official salaries. Expensive private clinics catering for the rich have sprung up but most of the elite head west when they need a top specialist. Abramovich’s clinic will be in stark contrast to the majority of Russian hospitals, where the equipment sometimes dates back to the 1970s. Ordinary Russians - who under communism had free access to medical care - are at the mercy of a ruthless system dominated by bribes. Without greasing the palms of doctors and nurses, patients are condemned to long queues and negligent care. When Abramovich, 40, bought Chelsea more than three years ago, he was criticized at home for not investing enough to improve life in Russia. His new hospital is unlikely to quell Russians’ deep resentment towards their fabulously rich oligarchs. “What difference is it going to make to me?” said Olga Nichayeva, a trolley bus driver who was queuing to see a doctor in a Moscow hospital. By the sounds of things, most people won’t be able to afford even a cup of coffee in Abramovich’s hospital. SUMMER 2007
opposite left: Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich: Builds hospital for the rich. left: Russians, who under communism had free access to medical care, are at the mercy of a ruthless system dominated by bribes. top: Abramovich’s yacht: Ecstasea. With an estimated fortune of £10+ billion - he is Russia’s richest man. right: Located in an 8.7 acre park on the Southern edge of the capital: the location is Moscow’s version of Beverly Hills. SUMMER 2007 <strong>JO</strong> <strong>LEE</strong> 53
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