[ad_1]
In total for 479 thousand. The group purchased 15 artificial lung ventilators, nine high-oxygen therapy systems, nine vital sign monitors, 16 oxygen concentrators, 15 resuscitation beds and a portable hospital X-ray system.
75 drug infusion pumps and five disinfectant nebulization systems were also purchased.
Much of the equipment was delivered to hospitals just before Christmas, with the rest arriving at medical facilities in the next few days.
Support will go to Santara Clinics, Kaunas Hospital of Lithuanian Health Sciences University, Klaipėda University, Republican Šiauliai and Republican Panevėžys Hospitals. In addition, the Raseiniai, Šilutė, Ukmergė, Utena and Visaginas hospitals.
SBA President Arūnas Martinkevičius said in a statement that after communicating with hospitals in a couple of days, it was clarified what equipment they needed.
“The demand for this equipment is enormous in the market, it is being seized all over the world. As a result, the equipment needed to treat COVID-19 would have been delayed due to a lack of mandatory procurement procedures or funding for hospitals. Our team got in touch with dozens of suppliers, whose main condition was the speed with which we could obtain the equipment they had, “he said.
According to the concern, since the beginning of the pandemic, the group of companies has contributed almost 650 thousand. EUR worth of support for doctors, social workers and seniors.
According to data on Saturday, 2.3 thousand patients are treated in Lithuanian hospitals. COVID-19 patients, 194 of whom were in resuscitation.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 128,000. 931, of which 61 thousand. 345 recovered, 65 thousand. 751 – tebeserga.
[ad_2]
