In Louze, residents of two neighborhoods have been traveling to the doctor on foot or by taxi for 13 years.

      In the residential area of Luz, in the microdistricts Lesobirzha No. 3 and No. 4, more than 400 people live. Until 2012, there were medical points there, but they were alternately closed due to a shortage of medical staff. Residents were advised to temporarily visit Luz Central District Hospital, but "temporary" has already stretched to 13 years.

      In practice, this means that hundreds of people—including elderly and mobility-impaired—are forced to travel over 3.5 km one way to the hospital. The route includes steep, broken stairs and a bridge where cars and trains move simultaneously. Transport connections are inconvenient: buses run infrequently, mainly in the morning and evening. At other times, residents have to walk or take a taxi for 250 rubles one way.

      Residents complain that it has become especially difficult to obtain subsidized medicines. To reach the Central District Hospital, they need to plan their routes in advance, and often have to walk back home.

      People have appealed to the local administration and the district head with a request for at least one medical point serving both microdistricts, operating several hours a day. However, they only received general responses: the hospital informs the employment center about vacancies, and schoolchildren are encouraged to enroll in medical universities through targeted admission. Essentially, there are no solutions.

      After the intervention of the People's Front, the situation began to improve. Community activists sent an appeal to the regional Ministry of Health, which tasked the chief doctor of Luz Central District Hospital to organize nurse visits twice a week to Lesobirzha No. 3 with the distribution of subsidized medicines. It was promised that the ONF would monitor the implementation of this decision.

      Earlier, we reported that residents of the Lesobirzha microdistrict in Luz are forced to buy drinking water or walk several kilometers with heavy canisters to avoid drinking water from decayed wells inhabited by frogs. Later, the acting head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed Maksim Kozlov, acting head of the Investigative Department of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Kirov Region, to report on the progress of the investigation into the improper water supply in the city of Luz.