“Caring” technologies, new facilities, and high-tech equipment – what else was discussed at the meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Health Department
The head of the main department, Mikhail Vishnevetsky, noted that all approaches and methods were aimed at ensuring that the healthcare system's effectiveness worked both in the near future and was focused on the long term. Approximately 71 million rubles were allocated last year to strengthen the material and technical base of the region's healthcare institutions, 16 million of which were used to purchase equipment. In 2023, 12 polyclinics in the region joined the "Caring Polyclinic" project. In total, "caring" technologies are used in 26 outpatient polyclinic institutions, including in the city polyclinics of Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk.
In 2024, the head of the regional department emphasized, the construction of the operating and resuscitation unit of the regional clinical hospital will continue (this is a facility carrying over to 2025), the reconstruction of the regional clinical infectious disease hospital will be completed, and the construction of a polyclinic in the Aeroport microdistrict in Polotsk will begin. Equipment upgrades are also planned: three magnetic resonance imaging scanners, angiographs, and computed tomography scanners will be installed, which will also bring quality medical care closer to the population. The fleet of ambulances will be replenished with 44 new vehicles.
As of January 1, 2024, approximately 5,000 doctors and 13,500 mid-level medical workers are employed in the region's healthcare organizations. In 2023, 179 intern doctors and 203 young specialist doctors joined the workforce.
During the meeting, a number of healthcare workers in the region received awards from the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the industry Ministry, the Vitebsk Medical University, and the trade union.