In the new autumn season of the incidence of COVID-19, fewer hospitals have been prepared to receive patients with coronavirus infection than in the spring, but there will be more beds with oxygen in them, acting head of the National Health Service of Ukraine Dmytro Samofalov said.
“Currently, almost half the number of hospitals is being considered for hospitalizing patients with coronavirus infection than in March. Due to the fact that a lot of money has been invested in providing hospitals, we see that hospitals fulfill the conditions to provide 80% of beds with oxygen. Even if there is a maximum outbreak, half as many hospitals will be involved in COVID-19 treatment, but there will be more beds,” Samofalov said at the roundtable talk entitled “Provision of medical care for the blood-stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic” in Kyiv on Sept. 9.
At the same time, he noted that the funds provided for in the Medical Benefits Program, in particular for the treatment of blood-strokes, will not be transferred to the treatment of COVID-19 and “non-COVID” hospitals will not stop the provision of routine medical care.
“There are no threats that funds from a blood stroke will be transferred for COVID-19 treatment, because the Medical Benefits Program has money for all needs,” Samofalov said.
