Regional Health Department: Vitebsk Emergency Hospital received 15 ventilators
About Br620 thousand was spent on the new equipment. "The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and the Ministry of Health are paying attention to strengthening the material base of hospitals. The Vitebsk Emergency Hospital is the main institution for coordinating both patient admission and the distribution of critically ill patients. One of the largest intensive care units is concentrated in the hospital. In this regard, the Regional Executive Committee purchased new equipment, and in less than three weeks, the ALV machines will start working," noted Mikhail Vishnevetsky, Head of the Main Department for Healthcare of the Regional Executive Committee. He also said that in the coming weeks, the modernization of the oxygen supply system for the therapeutic building of the Vitebsk Emergency Hospital will be completed, which will become more automated. The newly installed four tanks will minimize the human factor in their operation.
Currently, there are 2367 oxygen points and 259 ALV machines installed in medical institutions of the Vitebsk region.
Today, the Vitebsk Emergency Hospital is working only with COVID patients, and medical staff are working under heavy load. "Equipment breaks down, it often needs repair, and it, like us, works 24/7. We have a 42-bed intensive care unit deployed, so it is very important to have such ventilators that will allow us to expand and increase the reliability of our intensive care equipment. Also, the regional executive committee recently allocated additional funds, and we purchased 36 oxygen concentrators," said the hospital's chief physician, Andrey Zakharov.
The head of the regional health department also characterized the epidemiological situation in the region. According to Mikhail Vishnevetsky, the situation is improving, with a decrease in coronavirus incidence and hospitalizations. "There is an opportunity to re-profile institutions to work for their intended purpose. The second surgical building of the regional oncology dispensary has been functioning for a week, today Vitebsk City Clinical Hospital No. 1 has returned to its usual mode, and by the end of the week, the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Specialized Center will be withdrawn from the COVID profile," he said.-0-
