Medical institute named after G.A. Albrecht

A health care facility with a long name – Federal State Institute “Saint Petersburg Scientific and Practical Center of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation of the Disabled named after G.A. Albrecht of Federal Agency on Health Care and Social Development” – has a children’s department. Here, small patients with birth defects of locomotor system and permanent injuries are cured. Most of them are children's home inmates. Some of the kids come here for surgery repeatedly. Not far from the center a horse stable is situated, and the girls who take care of the horses are always happy to welcome small patients.