“Caring” technologies, new facilities, and high-tech equipment – what else was discussed at the meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Health Department
The Head of the Department, Mikhail Vishnevetsky, noted that all approaches and methods were aimed at ensuring the healthcare system's effectiveness in the near future and for the long term. Approximately 71 million rubles were allocated last year to strengthen the material and technical base of the region's healthcare institutions, with 16 million used for equipment acquisition. In 2023, 12 polyclinics in the region joined the "Caring Polyclinic" project. In total, "caring" technologies are utilized by 26 outpatient clinics, including those in the cities of Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk.
In 2024, the head of the regional department emphasized, the construction of the operating and resuscitation unit of the regional clinical hospital will continue (this facility will extend into 2025), the reconstruction of the regional clinical infectious diseases hospital will be completed, and the construction of a polyclinic in the Aeroport microdistrict of Polotsk will commence. Equipment upgrades are also planned: three magnetic resonance imaging scanners, angiographs, and computed tomography scanners will be installed, which will further improve the quality of medical care provided to the population. The ambulance fleet will be replenished with 44 new vehicles.
As of January 1, 2024, approximately 5,000 doctors and 13,500 mid-level healthcare professionals are employed in the region's healthcare organizations. In 2023, 179 interns and 203 young specialist doctors joined the workforce.
During the meeting, a number of healthcare workers from the region received awards from the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the sectoral Ministry, Vitebsk State Medical University, and the trade union.
Source: vitebsk-region.gov.by