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Due to the influx of COVID-19 patients in recent weeks, the country’s hospitals have begun to lack not only the staff but also the medical equipment necessary to treat patients and save their lives. Investigating urgently the needs of medical facilities, the SBA purchased and donated large quantities of missing medical devices to hospitals this week, from lung ventilators, oxygen flow systems to resuscitation beds and vital signs monitors, the SBA said in a release.
According to SBA President Arūnas Martinkevičius, 15 artificial lung ventilation devices will be donated to hospitals that will ensure respiratory function for both critically ill and critically ill patients. Another 9 high-oxygen therapy systems will provide oxygen to patients and can help them avoid pulmonary intubation, 9 vital signs monitors will continuously monitor patients, 16 oxygen concentrators will supply oxygen in rooms where there are no centralized delivery systems , 15 resuscitation beds will allow for more patients, a portable radiograph will allow rapid diagnosis and monitoring of the lung condition of critically ill patients to make vital treatment decisions in a timely manner. The 75 poorly infused infusion pumps will automatically dispense and deliver medication to patients affected by the virus, and 5 disinfection mist systems will eradicate the infection on the hospital premises. The total value of all these teams is 479 thousand. euros.
According to A. Martinkevičius, the goal was to help not only large hospitals but also smaller ones, which also lack vital equipment in the fight against COVID-19. SBA support will reach Santara Clinics, Kaunas University of Health Sciences, Klaipėda University, Republican Šiauliai and Republican Panevėžys Hospitals. In addition, the Raseiniai, Šilutė, Ukmergė, Utena and Visaginas hospitals.
The SBA also donated the missing equipment to hospitals during the spring quarantine. Then, ventilation devices and cleaning and disinfection machines were purchased and delivered to medical institutions in Lithuania. Including state-of-the-art equipment, the total value of the support provided by the SBA and its people during this year’s pandemic amounts to nearly € 650,000.
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