In November 2026, the Nizhny Novgorod Region Ministry of Health announced another postponement of the opening of an adult outpatient clinic in the settlement of Novinki (Prioksky District), built on the Bogorodsk side within the Okskiy Bereg residential complex. The new start date for the facility was given as the beginning of December 2026.[1]

Construction history

The contract for building the clinic was signed in the summer of 2022 with the state enterprise of the Nizhny Novgorod Region "DiRON" (later reorganized into the joint-stock company "Diron"). The initial cost of the work was 550 million rubles, but it rose to 660 million rubles during construction.[2] The building is designed to serve 250 visitors per shift.[2]

The medical facility was originally scheduled for completion in 2024, but that spring only a construction permit was issued. Active construction work on the site was observed roughly a year later, by which point the completion date had already slipped to the end of 2025. The target was then pushed back successively to the third, and then the fourth, quarter of 2026. In October 2026, the Ministry of Health reported that the contractor was correcting defects.[2]

Reasons for the delay and residents' reaction

As of November 2026, the clinic building had been commissioned but had already stood idle for about a year. The Ministry of Health cited problems with laying utility lines as the reason for the latest postponement of the opening.[1][2] Residents of Novinki noted on social media that the finished building had not been operating for a long time, and demanded official explanations.[2]

A similar situation arose with the outpatient clinic in the village of Novopokrovskoye, which was commissioned at the end of 2025: as of November 2026, it also had not opened to patients, although its launch had been scheduled for the second half of 2026.[1][2]

Sources

  1. Govorit Nizhny — The opening of the outpatient clinic in Novinki has been postponed again
  2. GIPERNN — The new outpatient clinic in Novinki is planned to open in December 2026