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Patients will only be admitted to the outpatient clinic if they have made an appointment in advance, only with the permission of a doctor or with the necessary assistance. Healthcare facilities remain one of the greatest risks of becoming infected with the coronavirus, so everyone should assess the importance of their visit in a very responsible way and go to the outpatient clinic only to receive essential services.
The planned outpatient services are renewed starting today in Antakalnis, Naujoji Vilnia, Šeškinė, Naujininkai Polyclinics, Vilnius City Clinical Hospital Polyclinic. From Tuesday – at the Polyclinic Center, from May 12 to 13. They are also scheduled to be provided by the Grigiškės Healthcare Center and the Karoliniškės Polyclinic, and starting next Monday (18 days) – Lazdynai Polyclinic.
The patients will not only be able to request remotely, as before, the prescription of medications and medical aids, the issuance and continuation of electronic certificates of incapacity for work, family doctor, specialist doctor, nursing consultation, medical consultation, appointment of necessary exams, etc.
Direct contact advice will only be provided in certain cases and will be decided by the treating doctor: when the treating doctor considers that an examination of the patient is required, which is only possible during direct contact advice, when the patient remotely (radiologist, ultrasound, endoscope consultations).
Vidmantas Balkūnas / 15min photo / Šeškinė polyclinic
The services will be renewed in stages: in stage I, personal consultations will average 30-40%. (approximately 1 week); In stage II – on average 50-60%. (approximately 2 weeks with stable epidemiological situation); Stage III – vine. up to 85 percent. (about 2 weeks).
In Phase I, preventive health screenings and preventive programs will be updated. Outpatient medical rehabilitation services will be constantly renewed, planned and recommended vaccinations will be conducted, and services will be provided for pregnant women. Only necessary dental services will be provided, and plans will be updated only in Phases II-III.
The staff of the call center or the polyclinic reception registers the patient in the pre-registration system for the necessary assistance and remote consultation with a family doctor (pediatrician) or a nurse, a specialist doctor (with reference); In some polyclinics it is possible to register for remote online consultations. And for the direct contact consultation, the patient is registered only by a family doctor (internal medicine doctor, pediatrician), specialist doctor or nurse.
It is recommended to go to the polyclinic only at the appointed time of the visit, patients will be admitted to the facilities no earlier than 10 minutes. Before the visit, the temperature will be measured for everyone. Waiting patients should maintain a safe distance of 2 meters.
Patients are registered for direct visits for 10 minutes more than usual, taking into account the additional time available for disinfection and ventilation of the facilities.
Outpatient flows will be distributed in polyclinics, mainly separating high-risk patient flows: those arriving for scheduled vaccines, preventive health screenings, pregnant women over 60 years of age. age There will be separate entrances, different reception hours, etc.
Some Vilnius hospitals are also renewing their services.
Starting today, services will be renewed at Mykolas Marcinkevičius Hospital: they will provide outpatient consultations for a gastroenterologist, cardiologist, neurologist and echoscopist, as well as endoscopy services; Hospitalization services in the departments of neurology, internal medicine, gastroenterology and geriatrics.
It is planned to renew hospitalization services at the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital starting next Monday (18).
Patients must be scheduled no more than 48 hours prior to arrival for scheduled hospitalization. get tested for the COVID-19 virus. Hospitals are strictly admitted only at the designated admission time, no more than 1 attendant accompanies them prior to admission, in some cases escorts are provided only before the entrance of the institution, no more than 10 minutes before. until the designated reception time.
It is foreseen that in the first stage no more than 50% will be used to provide services. the infrastructure and the volume of services will increase in a period of 2 weeks without deteriorating the epidemiological situation.
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