MORE THAN 60 THOUSAND PATIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH FREE MEDICINES IN SHYMKENT

MORE THAN 60 THOUSAND PATIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH FREE MEDICINES IN SHYMKENT
This was announced by Timurkhan Varzilov, acting head of the Health Directorate of Shymkent city during a briefing in the Central communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Mobile teams at polyclinics provided free medicines to 60 thousand patients in Shymkent. That is, in the homes of patients who are registered as dispensaries for the supply of medicines, medical specialists. To date, 211 employees of mobile teams go around the clock to answer calls. They have so far visited more than 23 thousand patients at home and provided medical services," T. Varzilov said.
According to Timurkhan Isabalovich, the city has a 2-month supply of medicines in medical organizations. That is, the main stock of medicines is sufficient in retail pharmacies. In particular, 120,600 boxes contain antipyretics and 175,000 boxes contain anti-viral medications. There are also 1,982,000 antibiotics, 24,860 anticoagulants in a box, and 730,000 vitamin C in a box.
It should be noted that the epidemiological situation in the city is improved every day. So, over the past day, 4 cases of coronavirus infection have been registered, an increase of 0.1%. Totally, 5150 cases of infection (2625 symptomatic, 2525 asymptomatic) were registered in Shymkent from March 24 to August 16, 2020.
 
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