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Lukashenko visits Mogilev Oblast Hospital

MOGILEV, 15 December (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko paid a visit to Mogilev Oblast Hospital during his trip to Mogilev on 15 December, BelTA has learned.

The head of state got familiar with the operation of the medical institution, including medical assistance to coronavirus patients. Chief doctor of the hospital Anatoly Kulik told Aleksandr Lukashenko that a cardiac surgery unit is being built on the territory of the hospital. It is planned that the new unit will be commissioned in November 2021.

According to the chief doctor, the medical institution employs some 1,500 specialists. Some 350 out of 853 beds have been allocated for coronavirus patients. At present 108 of them are vacant. “A decline in COVID-19 cases has been registered over the past week,” the chief doctor said.

“The southern parts of the country are doing well. Mogilev Oblast is somewhere in the middle. It is a little worse here than in the southern regions because it did not have the first wave in full,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

The president visited several coronavirus departments and talked to “red zone” doctors and patients. Then the head of state met with the staff of the hospital. Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the doctors who of them had had coronavirus. “A half! There was 20-25% in Minsk, not more,” he was surprised at the number of hands raised. “You and I have no time to be sick now. The year ends and a new year begins. The New Year in general is a family holiday. I wish you to stay healthy on the eve of the new year and in the new year, too. Although, as doctors, you understand that this is almost impossible in our lives,” he said.

The head of state also liked the area where Mogilev Oblast Hospital has been built. This area used to be surrounded by fields; now new hospital units have been built here. “Thank God the forest has not been cut down. We need to plant more trees here. We will find a place to build housing for the residents of Mogilev. It is a good hospital, one of the best places in the country where the regional hospital is located. The hospital is nice and clean, at least the parts I saw,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The visit to Mogilev Oblast Hospital made part of a series of the president's trips to regional healthcare institutions that treat COVID-19 patients. Aleksandr Lukashenko has already visited Minsk hospitals No.4 and No.6, Vitebsk Oblast Maternity Hospital and Stolbtsy Central District Hospital.

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