Abylkair Skakov visited temporary hospitals in Shcherbakty and Uspenska areas
Akim of Pavlodar region talked to medical workers and patients of the hospitals and also went to the local pharmacies to find out if there were enough medicines in the rural areas.
31 of 104 patients have been discharged from the temporary hospital in Shcherbakty area today. In total, over 170 people have already been cured for the period of work of the temporary hospital.
“We do not have the centralized oxygen supply. In the intensive therapy units we use oxygen cylinders. It is enough for us now. The design estimates have already been prepared for equipping our hospital with the oxygen supply system”, the head physician of the hospital Bakhyt Kasimova said.
There were no complaints about the work of the doctors from those who undergo inpatient treatment. Patients said that doctors and nurses were very attentive and caring.
“Our doctor pays attention to each of us, explains everything. Today, physicians work hard. At the end of the shift they are tired and we say “thank you” to them. We can see gratitude in their eyes. They feel our "thank you" and it is the most important thing”, one of the patients of the temporary hospital told.
Today 22 people receive treatment in the temporary hospital of Uspenska area. Until recently, the number of patients reached 46. All of them have an intermediate severity of illness.
“In August it is planned the delivery of new respiratory medical devices. We have already ordered the installation of centralized oxygen supply. Now we use four oxygen cylinder”, acting deputy head physician of the district hospital of Uspenka area Raikhan Nurtazina informed.
There were no complaints about the work of the medical personnel in Uspenka area as in Shcherbakty.
“Doctors and nurses work, take care of us. Food is good”, the patients said.
Abylkair Skakov has noted that it is necessary to be ready for any course of the events. One of the key short-term tasks is provision of the temporary hospitals of Pavlodar region with centralized air separation plants. The head of the region also charged to involve doctors and nurses in the villages.
“The local authorities must create all conditions for specialists, primarily, provide them houses. Rural medicine needs to be improved, so I will support the issues of involving young specialists, especially doctors, in our villages”, Abylkair Skakov said.
In both regional centers akim of the region went to the pharmacies, where he saw the range of medicines. There Abylkair Skakov was told that they received drugs some times a week. Akim of the region asked about the most popular medicines: antipyretic, antibiotics and antiviral drugs. In Shcherbakty it was expected the delivery of paracetamol and antiviral drugs by the end of the day. In the chemist's shops in Uspenka area there was no shortage of medicines. As for the cost of medicines, the issue is under the control of the regional akimats. For example, paracetamol can be bought at 80 tenge in Uspenka area. Pharmacists also told about the shortage of medical thermometers. A large run of thermometers will be delivered to the region. They should be distributed among the chemist's shops.