Save the Children Romania is completing another important project, through which six hospitals and pediatric wards in Romania have been additionally equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, incubators for newborns, imaging equipment and other medical devices of immediate necessity (Holter monitors EKG, beds).Thus, the amount invested was 300,000 euros, and the medical units benefiting from the project are:• “Louis Țurcanu” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children from Timișoara - toxicology analyzer, portable ultrasound, monitor, perfusomas;• Pitești Pediatric Hospital - nocospray nebulizers, surgical aspirator, electric saw, infusomat, EKG & recorder, hollers, vital function monitors;• Brașov Children's Clinical Hospital - incubator, radiant table, heater for the patient;• Giurgiu County Emergency Hospital - pulse oximeters, spirometer, EKG, non-contact thermometers, secretion aspirator, oxygen concentrator, infusomat;• Miercurea Ciuc County Emergency Hospital - hospital beds for children, beds for newborns, holsters, ECG;• Dr. Fogolyan Kristof County Emergency Hospital ”from Sfântu Gheorghe - ultrasound."The medical system in Romania has been vulnerable in recent years and a major effort is needed to ensure that children receive the most appropriate medical treatment.Save the Children Romania has intensified its program to combat infant mortality, adding the pediatric component.We need social mechanisms and solidarity, in order to strengthen the capacity of the Romanian medical system ", said Gabriela Alexandrescu, Executive President of Save the Children Romania.The project, implemented by Save the Children Romania with the support of MOL Romania, aims to support the medical system and create better treatment conditions for children."We are extremely honored by the project developed together with Save the Children Romania because it has a huge emotional load, we are talking about children in vulnerable situations, who can get a chance at life with the help of doctors and high-performance medical equipment.Together with the MOL Romania team, I am happy to be able to continue to be a reliable partner of the communities and to offer support to supplement the facilities in the Romanian hospitals, ”said Camelia ENE, CEO and Country Chairman of MOL Romania."During the year, about 3,000 patients of different ages, from one day to 18 years old, benefit from ultrasound (abdominal, transboundary, hip, lymph node, lung, etc.).The ultrasound donated by Save the Children is of great importance, due to its structural accuracy.It is also very important to initiate contrast-enhanced ultrasound in nephrological pathology, decreasing the need for irradiation of patients to establish a positive diagnosis in malformative pathology.Also, the toxicology analyzer used in emergencies detects substances that are involved in the main voluntary intoxications of adolescents, all in the context of the emergence of new situations in the context of the pandemic, they of course include intoxications with substances called classic drugs, "said Prof. Dr. Mihai Gafencu, "Louis Țurcanu" Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Timișoara.In the last 11 years, Save the Children Romania has invested over seven million euros in equipping 102 medical units in all counties of the country with 940 medical equipment, which helped the survival and treatment of over 140,000 children.Save the Children Romania has accelerated since 2021 the program of endowment of medical units and has continued to offer integrated services (medical, social, educational) in disadvantaged areas nationwide: thus, last year 24 hospitals were equipped with medical equipment amounting to 1,254,000 euros.92 high-performance equipment, consumables, medical furniture, oxygen ramps, etc. were purchased.In Bucharest alone, 6 medical units received medical equipment and equipment totaling 742,398 euros.Thus, two high-performance ambulances and state-of-the-art medical equipment were donated to the "Grigore Alexandrescu" Hospital in the capital.At the same time, Save the Children completely renovated and modernized the Obstetrics-Gynecology I Department of the Polizu Maternity Hospital and started an extensive process of rehabilitation of the Operating Room and the Intensive Care Unit of the same medical unit, for which the redirection of 3.5% of the tax on income is a vital source of funding.Save the Children will equip by the end of 2022 55 medical units with high-performance medical equipment, ensuring adequate survival and treatment for at least 30,000 children.The equipment will reach hospitals in the counties: Argeș, Botoșani, Brașov, Covasna, Galați, Giurgiu, Harghita, Iași, Maramureș, Mureș, Mehedinți, Sibiu, Timiș and Tulcea, as well as in Bucharest.Because the lives and health of children depend on the investment we make in medical units, Save the Children Romania appeals to the general public to redirect 3.5% of the income tax to a vital cause: the modernization and endowment of high-performance maternity equipment and pediatric departments in Romania.Anyone wishing to get involved can send the form for redirecting 3.5% of their income tax to the financial administration by May 25, 2022;the pre-filled form with the organization's data can be downloaded from www.salvaticopiii.ro/redirectioneaza.For more information, the contact person is: Ștefania Mircea, Program Coordinator - stefania.mircea@salvaticopiii.ro, tel.0751.010.533.About Save the Children:For 32 years, Save the Children Romania has been building social programs, public policies and solid practices for the benefit of the child in Romania.The expertise and complexity of the projects at national level make the organization an essential social institution, whose role is to mediate between society and public authority, for the benefit of the child.In the more than three decades of activity, Save the Children has actively intervened in society, identifying 4 concrete solutions to protect and support vulnerable children and has campaigned, at the same time, for a viable collaboration with decision-makers to ensure the best interests of the child.Save the Children has taken on the role of vigilant overseeing public authorities so that they can implement long-term public policies that correct the causes that lead to the vulnerability of children.At the same time, the organization managed to create active solidarity networks, by encouraging the social responsibility of companies and society, in a broad sense.As a member of Save the Children, the world's largest independent organization that promotes children's rights and has 30 members and programs in more than 120 countries, our VISION is a world that respects every child's right to survival, education, protection and participation, taking on the MISSION to make significant progress in the way children are treated and the immediate and lasting changes in their lives.More than 2,920,000 children have been involved in Save the Children programs and campaigns.See also: New way to make money on TikTok:By activating and using the Comment Platform, you agree that your personal data will be processed by PRO TV SRL and Facebook Companies in accordance with the PRO TV Privacy Policy, respectively the Facebook Data Use Policy.Pressing the button below represents your agreement to the TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE COMMENTING PLATFORM.