The hospital received 50 types of equipment, including ECG recorders, expendable supplies and individual protective gear for its medical personnel. Artificial respiration units, bedside monitors and surgical beds are to be delivered and installed in the near future.
"I would like to express my gratitude to the leader of LUKOIL for his support of Usinsk healthcare. We received equipment and supplies that are highly sought-after under current conditions. It will allow us to outfit our hospital for the efficient fight against COVID-19," noted Nikolay Takayev, Head of Usinsk Municipality and Chief of Administration.
"This shipment is much-needed, as the entire healthcare system is now working under a great strain. This manifests itself in the sheer quantity of resources we use: both human and physical. So we really needed individual protective gear, as well as sanitizers," said Maxim Churkin, the head physician of the Central District Hospital of Usinsk.
The epidemiologic situation in Usinsk remains one of the most difficult when compared to other cities and settlements in Komi. As an industrialized city, Usinsk attracts a great number of non-resident workers, which leads to higher risks of COVID-19 dissemination. At the end of April, authorities of Usinsk introduced restrictive epidemic prevention measures in the city. Those measures are still in force.
From day one of the fight against COVID-19, LUKOIL has been lending its support to the Central District Hospital of Usinsk. The Company helped to install in the infectious disease ward of the hospital a centralized oxygen and compressed air supply system and to create a hospital Wi-Fi network with unlimited Internet access. Since 10th of April LUKOIL has been fueling ambulances and hospital cars in Komi free of charge.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, LUKOIL has donated more than 652 million rubles in 22 Russian regions and almost $900 000 in its operation countries abroad to treat patients and fight the spread of the disease.
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