Working discussion with members of the Operational Headquarters

Chief Doctors of coronavirus hospitals in the course of the meeting of the Operational Headquarters provided detailed information on the state of affairs in hospitals. Current issues were discussed. It was noted that the current hospital bed quantity for COVID patients is 1083 units, the workload is 73%. The President recalled the need to be fully prepared for the rapid expansion of the hospital quantity bed quantity in the event of an increase in the incidence. The increase in indicators is already recorded. For example, the number of studies of biomaterial samples increased by one and a half times during a week. They focused in the course of the meeting on the importance of timely hospitalization of citizens. Constant systemic communication with coronavirus carriers who are being treated at home is important, Vadim Krasnoselsky emphasized. He instructed to strengthen the staff of crisis centers. It was noted that the practice of CT examinations of outpatients, introduced in November last year, confirms its effectiveness. 205 out of the 781 examined were hospitalized that made it possible to prevent the deterioration of the patients' condition and to provide timely qualified medical care in a specialized hospital.

They focused on the issue of ensuring a comfortable temperature regime in hospital wards. Vadim Krasnoselsky indicated that there are complaints about this. The Chief Doctors informed that in most cases there is not enough heat in the rooms due to the fact that the patients had once depressurized the window blocks. The insulation is being restored at the moment. If necessary, heaters are installed in the wards. The President emphasized that there are a sufficient number of heaters in the reserve of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The chief physicians were instructed to immediately send an application for units and provide hospital premises with heat.

Another important issue was discussed in the course of the meeting under the President – the prevention of accidents involving ambulances. Work in this direction is underway. Lectures were organized to improve the level of driving culture and ensure road safety for drivers of ambulances, exams are being taken on knowledge of the rules of the road.

Another topic of the meeting is the consequences of bad weather (increased wind on January the 14th and the 15th of January). The duty unit of the Main Directorate for Emergency Situations received 13 messages. Eight of them are related to falling trees. The threat of roof failure was indicated In several cases. There have been cases of emergency power outages. 804 subscribers from Grigoriopol, 351 from Dubossary, and 700 from Kamenka were temporarily without electricity. More than two dozen employees of the Main Directorate for Emergency Situations and seven pieces of equipment were involved in the measures to restore the supply of electricity, Interior Minister Vitaly Neagu informed.

The Operational Headquarters received a request from the Pridnestrovian State University to hold the second round of the career guidance Olympiad from January 18 to January 22. It is expected that more than two hundred school graduates will take part in it. The winners will receive additional points for admission to the state university. The university management assured that they were prepared for the event in terms of sanitary and epidemiological safety.