B. Sagintayev: The city's healthcare system is achieving the established objectives
Today, at an online press conference on the current epidemiological situation in Almaty, the akim of the city spoke about the readiness of the healthcare system for the third wave of the coronavirus infection.
The akim of Almaty recalled the need to strictly adhere to the mask regime and social distance. Also, the townspeople were urged to refrain from visiting crowded places. The main task is to stop the spread of the coronavirus infection.
Answering the questions of journalists, the Akim of Almaty, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, said that measures were taken last year to strengthen the health infrastructure.
Today the city has 7 thousand infectious beds, divided into 3 echelons. Of these, 5 thousand beds are involved. Their workload is 54%. Currently, there are 2945 people (109 children) in infectious diseases hospitals, of which 52 are in extremely severe, 531 are in severe, 2362 are of moderate severity. There are 157 patients in intensive care units, 293 beds are free. On ventilator - 10, on non-invasive ventilator - 55, High flow - 62 devices.
There are 420 intensive care beds in hospitals, the workload of intensive care units is 34% (152 patients).
Almost four thousand patients of the metropolis are on outpatient treatment. In the meantime, 409 mobile teams and the Telemedicine Center are monitoring and treating patients at home.
Currently, 8.5 thousand health workers are involved in the fight against COVID-19. There are 2,758 medical specialists in reserve. There are 25 PCR laboratories in Almaty, all of them are ready to receive both on weekdays and weekends. The daily capacity of all laboratories is 14,500 tests, but there is a possibility of increasing them up to 24,000.