The Rinat Akhmetov Foundation transferred 2,875 test systems to detect COVID-19 to the Vinnytsia Regional Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine. Rapid tests are designed to test ambulance crews, which come to patients with suspected coronavirus.
“Medical workers are related to a special risk group. It primarily concerns medical workers and medical staff of ambulance crews, in order to protect them and prevent the further spread of the virus, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, in addition to 300 thousand tests submitted to state hospitals in Ukraine, purchased another 20,000 test systems for the employees of emergency medical centers. The tests are distributed between the Regional Centers of Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine in Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Lviv and Zhytomyr. There are nearly 10 000 health-care workers in such medical care centers, who are at high risk of contracting the virus. “, said Natalia Yemchenko, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation.
Accepting the certificate for tests receiving, the deputy head of the Vinnytsia regional state administration Natalya Zabolotnaya thanked the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for helping the medical workers.
“I want to express my gratitude to the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation. Today, the health preserving of health care workers, primarily ambulance workers, is extremely important, because they are our first weapon in the fight against coronavirus. ”, explained Natalya Zabolotnaya.
Nadezhda Marusyak, deputy director of the Department of Health at the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration, joined Natalya Zabolotnaya and said the following:
“Let me express my sincere gratitude to the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation on the part of the Department of Health of the Vinnytsia Region Administration. Our emergency medical care has received tests, which will allow us to diagnose medical workers, who has the disease, in a time.”
In Vinnytsia region, about 2,000 emergency workers are involved in the fight against coronavirus. The head doctor of the Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine, Anatoly Pirnikoza emphasized that today care for health care workers plays a crucial role.
“I join the words of gratitude on behalf of all the ambulance health professionals of Vinnytsia region. The health of medical workers should be in the foreground, and such care of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation about them suggests, that our country has a bright future. ”, said Anatoly Pirnikoza.
For the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, the delivery of tests to ambulance crews is a special event. Indeed, testing of patients in the regions, their hospitalization is carried out including by medical workers on ambulance cars received from the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation under the project “200 Ambulances for Ukraine”. There are 114 unique ambulances equipped with everything necessary for resuscitation, 64 off-road vehicles, which will reach even the most inaccessible areas, as well as 22 neonatal vehicles equipped with ALV devices. In the fight against coronavirus in Vinnytsia region were involved seven ultra-modern special vehicles received by the region in the framework of the project “200 Ambulances for Ukraine.” among them are four “resuscitation on wheels” (B-type), one resuscitation car for newborn (C-type) and two Toyota Land Cruiser medical off-road vehicles (A-type). About how the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation helps Ukraine in the fight against coronavirus, read more in the review material here at the link below.