Military sanatorium "Paratunka", Kamchatka: address, photo, reviews

The military sanatorium "Paratunka" is the oldest health resort in the Kamchatka Territory. The availability of thermal springs, good medical and rehabilitation facilities, unique pools with warm water attract tourists from all over Russia all year round.

History

The military sanatorium Paratunka is located not far from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: it is only 60 kilometers to get to the unique zone of warm springs. The health resort was founded in 1946 for the rehabilitation of the soldiers of the 197th Infantry Corps of the Army. The first wooden buildings appeared on the outskirts of the village of Paratunka, and the opening took place in October 1946. Patients entered treatment in July.

The initial infrastructure of the complex consisted of five sleeping buildings and balneary. The polyclinic and the administration were located in the same building, and a separate building was built for the stay of the officers. In the early years, the military sanatorium "Paratunka" used medicines and healing for the only means - water from thermal springs. Two years later, near the health center, the mud of Lake Utynoye was discovered, which were rich in mineral composition and useful properties. Pelotherapy was introduced into the list of health procedures, they were provided in a new physiotherapy room.

The expansion of the number of places for patients occurred in 1948 - at the same time, 100 military could take treatment. Also, the quality of medical services has improved due to the introduction of a clinical laboratory, a diagnostic room, X-ray diagnostics and dental services.

Infrastructure development

In the early 1950s, reconnaissance and research work was carried out to discover new hot springs and mud deposits. As a result, several places with valuable lake-mud mud, thermophilic algae were found. The Kamchatka sanatorium Paratunka decided to use natural resources, for which from 1956 to 1958 the capital buildings for 50 and 100 places were built, a leisure club, a dining room, a mud baths pumping station.

In 1963, the military sanatorium "Paratunka" was transferred to the balance of the medical service of the Pacific Fleet. For nine years (1974-1983), cosmonauts underwent rehabilitation at the clinic. Since 1984, conditions and a department have been created here, where the sailors of the submarine fleet are being rehabilitated. In 2000, the health center replenished the infrastructure at the expense of the transferred "Raduga" sanatorium.

Currently

In the following years, the military sanatorium "Paratunka" (Kamchatka) is carrying out work on the modernization of the housing stock. Major repairs are carried out almost all the premises, including a medical building, a dining room, etc.

In the summer of 2011 there was a change in the status of the sanatorium. At present, it is a state budget institution, located in the system of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and belonging to the resort complex "Far East".

Natural therapeutic factors

The best chief healer of the health resort is the nature of Kamchatka. The military sanatorium "Paratunka" has unique pools built on the site of thermal springs where the keys can be felt with their feet. The bottom of the pools is lined with pebbles of round shape, moving along which is pleasant and useful. The water temperature in the warmest pool all the year round is up to + 45 ° С, the liquid renewal occurs up to eight times per day due to the natural current.

In addition to comfortable swimming in the pool, the healing and wellness effects are achieved by the composition of water, which includes silicic acid, molecular nitrogen, algae, etc. Procedures in the pool help to achieve:

• Improve intracellular metabolism.
• Strengthening of blood circulation in the skin.
• Acceleration of tissue repair.
• Activation of anti-inflammatory processes.
• Normalization of the nervous system.
• Balancing of blood pressure.
• Silicic acid, part of the water, exfoliates, rejuvenates, moisturizes the skin, removes toxic substances.

The military sanatorium "Paratunka" (Kamchatka) is located in an ecologically clean balneological zone where nature has not received damage from human activities. Clean air and pristine landscapes accompany the spa visitor all the time staying in the health resort. Excursion programs include trips to famous sites such as Vilyuchinsky volcano, the Pacific coast, visiting Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, trips to the heart of the wild nature and much more, which is breathtaking.

Therapeutic profile

The main direction of medical activity is the treatment, rehabilitation and organization of recreation for the active and retired servicemen and officers. The attention zone includes members of military families and civil servants of the system of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. If there are vacant seats, the vouchers are realized for all those wishing to visit the military sanatorium "Paratunka".

The health center provides medical services for patients with the following indications:

• Diseases of joints and connective tissue, musculoskeletal apparatus (scoliosis, arthritis, osteochondrosis, etc.).
• Diseases of the nervous system (neuralgia, radiculitis, migraine, vegetative neurosis).
• Diseases of the heart and blood vessels (atherosclerosis, hypertension, neuroses).
• Diseases of the respiratory system (chronic pneumonia and bronchitis, tonsillitis, rhinitis, laryngitis, etc.).
• Gynecology (various types of dysfunction, infertility).
• Skin diseases (eczema, neurodermatitis, diathesis, etc.).
• Urological diseases.

The main methods of treatment are based on the balneological principles of using the environment, which gives a prolonged effect for several months after the end of the sanatorium course. Patients are offered a pool with thermal water, peloidotherapy, psychotherapy, physiotherapy, massage and much more.

Methods of treatment

Sanatorium "Paratunka" has one of the best medical bases in Kamchatka, where the following methods are used:

• Climatotherapy and therapeutic procedures in the pool with thermal water (nitrogen-silicic).
• Inhalatorium with a wide range of agents.
• Ultrasonic therapy, magnetotherapy, heat treatment.
• Electrotherapy (8 types).
• Cryotherapy (locally), phototherapy.
• LFK (individual programs, general therapeutic group sessions).
• Healing swimming in the pool, terrrinkur, athletic gymnastics for the purpose.
• Phytotherapy, phytosauna.
• Medicamentous treatment to maintain the condition in chronic forms of the disease, corrective appointments.
• Psychotherapy, dietotherapy.

The main property of the sanatorium is three swimming pools with thermal medicinal water. They differ from each other in temperature. In the first, the water is heated to 36 ° C, in the second - to 38 ° C, the hottest water in the pool with a temperature above 40 ° C. All three types of procedures are useful, but before visiting the pool with maximum temperature, it is necessary to consult a doctor, as mineral warm water has specific properties and some patients can do harm.

Contraindications

Clean air, untouched nature, good entertainment program and sparing balneological procedures, attract many tourists to the military sanatorium Paratunka. Treatment and rest have a positive effect when certain rules are observed. And if rest positively affects the condition of any person, then the treatment has its contra-indications. Do not accept the procedures for these states:

• Any chronic diseases, diseases in the acute phase, ailments, complicated by purulent processes.
• Acute infectious diseases.
• Venereal diseases.
• Diseases of the blood in the stages of exacerbation.
• Mental abnormalities, addiction (addiction, alcoholism, epilepsy).
• Cachexia, echinococcosis.
• Neoplasms.
• Patients requiring constant care (recumbent, postoperative, etc.).
• Pregnancy at any time.
• All forms of tuberculosis.

Residential fund and prices

The sanatorium can accommodate 217 people at the same time. Three cases with rooms of different comfort levels are intended for living:

• Single rooms for one vacationer (building number 3).
• Single rooms with double occupancy (building № 1).
• Two-room superior rooms designed for two people (Building A, No. 1, No. 3).

In rooms of any level of service there is a separate bathroom equipped with a shower cubicle, a complete set of necessary comfortable furniture and household appliances. In the superior rooms increased the number of equipment, household amenities.

The cost of accommodation starts from 1 200 rubles per day. Most of the vouchers are provided by the military department for their employees: military personnel, military in reserve, members of their families. The duration of stay of these categories of tourists is 21 days, the cost of the tour starts from 7 629 rubles for the entire period of rest. Prices are shown in accordance with the price list valid during 2017. The price includes full board (accommodation, meals, medical services on the list).

For many years the military sanatorium Paratunka has been taking guests. Reviews in 2016, mostly positive. Visitors liked the pools with different water temperatures, helpful staff, fresh repairs, as well as the number and quality of excursions in the Kamchatka Territory. Visiting the peninsula for many was a real event and it made the greatest impression.

But not all approached the military sanatorium in Kamchatka Paratunka. Reviews with negative ratings tell us about a small number of procedures, many wanted to undergo a mud cure course, but as it turned out, the branch does not work yet.

Food

There are two well-equipped dining rooms in the sanatorium. One of them, designed for 200 seats and is the first that the military sanatorium "Paratunka" opened (the 3 department of therapy has its own dining room, where tables for one hundred people are laid). You can get into it on a warm transition from the dormitory.

The dietary system is dietary. The menu is made according to all requirements and standards of the health resort system. All guests have the opportunity to pre-order the dishes that are offered to choose from the list. For each patient the doctor develops an individual menu, due to which the patient's condition improves significantly. To get more information about what food is preferable, you can have a dietsester, which will help to choose a balanced combination of products in the order, according to the prescribed diet.

Estimate the work of the dining room took many who came to the military sanatorium "Paratunka". Patients' reviews are generally positive. Many liked the quality of cooked food, its taste and nutritional value. It was noted that the portions were sufficient for an adult. I liked that the dishes were varied and freshly prepared, a lot of vegetables and fruits were served. Negative feedback on nutrition is not found, few vacationers noted that the dietary table was plentiful, but slightly fresh, which is explained by the specifics of the establishment.

Wellness complex

Doing sports bring health, youth, beauty. All year round there is a sports and health complex in the sanatorium. The structure includes a gym and a room for physical therapy. Experienced trainers help to create an individual program for training on modern multifunctional simulators that will help to maintain at a high level or improve the physical condition.

In the gym, exercises are held to rehabilitate, improve the general tone of the body, and develop individual physical activity programs for further use after the completion of the sanatorium course.

The sports hall of the health complex is additionally equipped with the necessary equipment for table tennis, basketball and volleyball courts. In the warm season, there are courts for tennis, badminton and other outdoor sports. For small guests there are several children's towns. In the winter season, ski runs are laid, skating rinks are filled, snow slides are equipped. The corresponding inventory is provided for rent.

Leisure

In addition to medical procedures, cultural events provide a good mood and quality rest. In the health resort there is a club with a cinema hall for 155 seats, which showcases the latest innovations in the film industry and the classics of cinema. Also, concerts are held here with the participation of artists from the Kamchatka Territory and touring groups.

Those who are hungry for new knowledge and introduction to culture, opened a course of lectures from local ethnographers, where history, flora, fauna, and peoples of this region open up to the full. For dance lovers, dancing evenings are organized, where high quality of sound and color thanks to modern equipment is provided. Gamblers will be interested to fight in the billiard room or just to train in anticipation of future victories in a calm atmosphere.

The club has a library with an extensive fund of artistic, medical, professional literature, in the reading room it is always possible to get acquainted with the filings of periodicals of newspapers and magazines that are constantly updated with fresh numbers.

An extensive excursion program introduces the guests of the sanatorium to the beauties of the Kamchatka Territory. There are excursions to the Valley of Geysers, during which tourists are supported by fish soup from the local fish and judging by the reviews - this is one of the most luxurious excursions. In addition, the trips are offered by private agencies, where you can fly by helicopter, rush a cross-country vehicle, see the local owners - brown bears.

For each holidaymaker there is an occupation for the soul - this is taken care of by the military sanatorium "Paratunka". Photo landscapes, hot springs, glaciers in the midst of a blooming alpine meadow - all this will be a worthy decoration of the family album and a good memory of the time spent.

Reviews

Most of the holidaymakers, fascinated Kamchatka. To get acquainted with her, guests also visited the military sanatorium Paratunka. The comments of 2015 are full of assurances that such a wild land is nowhere else to be found. Sanatorium treatment was optimal for those who addressed here with the problems of the musculoskeletal system. Many helped the thermal pools of the health resort. In conditions of reduced crisis financing, it is difficult for doctors to provide a full range of procedures. But those who used the maximum possible spectrum, improved their condition.

"Paratunka" (a military sanatorium) does not leave anyone indifferent. The comments of 2016 are filled with thanks to attentive staff at all levels: from health workers to office workers. Vacationers talk about quality daily cleaning, good nutrition, dimensionality and tranquility in the health resort. Obtained procedures many put on their feet and stopped pain for a year. The number and quality of the excursions all caused full approval and the desire to come to Kamchatka and the sanatorium more than once.

Negative responses were left by those who craved more entertainment within the health resorts, where most of the leisure is spent between the library, the cinema and sports activities. Some were not lucky on a large scale - got a number with a bad repair, noisy neighbors and soundproof walls. But even those who remained dissatisfied with the service, medical services, note that they would not refuse to come again.

Helpful information

Military sanatorium "Paratunka", address: Kamchatka region, Elizovsky district, Paratunka village, Sanatornaya street, building 21. Contact phone of the reception department - 8 (41531) 33-169.

For employees of the armed forces, military retirees, family members of active and retired military personnel, civilian workers in the RF Ministry of Defense system have preferential prices for vouchers and travel to the place of treatment in the Kamchatka military sanatorium "Paratunka". Commercial agreements exist for all categories of the population.