Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals in the country have benefited from donations worth over 670 million lei from both internal and external partners.Either centrally or directly to them.From simple gloves and protective equipment, hospitals have also received more substantial donations.We are talking here about medical devices that were completely missing in the medical system: ventilators, oxygen concentrators, but also monitors for monitoring the health of patients.Most of the investments made since the beginning of the pandemic have been made at the Institute of Emergency Medicine, more precisely in the intensive care unit COVID-19.The director of the institution, Mihai Ciocanu, says that without those devices received, the doctors would not have been able to cope with the situation."All the devices I received are still in use.You see, we've set up 62 beds for Covid Intensive Care, and that's a third of all the intensive care beds in the country, in the Covid wards.It helped us a lot.We also received 2 laparoscopes for minimally invasive surgery for patients with COVID-19.We were the only medical institution that performed surgery for patients with COVID-19.The operating room of the COVID-19 Department was equipped, which was specialized for patients with COVID-19.And I got beds, and mobile X-rays, and ultrasounds that were used to intubate patients.The intensive care unit now has practically all the necessary techniques for 5-7 years before.Undoubtedly, without them it would have been very difficult and we would not have been able to cope ", Mihai Ciocanu declared.According to the Ministry of Health, IMU received, only from internal donations, medical devices, medicines and protective equipment worth 11.4 million lei.Another important institution that was endowed in a pandemic with medical equipment is the Balti Republican Clinical Hospital.The director of the institution, Serghei Rotari, says that he managed to install the ventilation and oxygenation system in the entire hospital, with the help of the Ministry of Health."When we started providing medical care to Covid patients, we were treating 40 patients.Then the number increased to 400 and I used up to 200 bottles of oxygen a day.Oxygen came from various companies.I had two employees who screwed and unscrewed the bottles all day.It was very hard.We addressed the ministry and received 2 generators.We installed one at the hospital, which we still use.This is a great wealth, because the patients in the intensive care units receive clean oxygen.The second device arrived at the Covid Center, with a capacity of 300 patients.And it made us lose a lot of weight.I also recently received an electric generator. "Serghei Rotari also stated that without oxygen concentrators and lung ventilators, it would have been very difficult for doctors to save patients."I received an ultrasound, about 30 fans, 60 oxygen concentrators, because I had nothing.I received cardiographs, laparoscopes for the intensive care unit.I also received a video laryngoscope for the surgery department because I also performed surgeries for COVID-19 patients.If it weren't for these devices, I'd lose people.What we need to know is that the patient with Covid has affected lungs.If he cannot breathe, he has no oxygen, his saturation decreases, the patient goes into a coma and we lose him.Oxygen fans and concentrators were of the greatest use.I put the concentrator on the patient's head, he feels when he can no longer breathe and puts on his mask.We had the opportunity for each patient to have oxygen, to put a device on each bed.One night, we received 65 patients with Covid from Ocnita district.Imagine how much it takes for these patients! ”The manager from Bălți also tells us that he also received beds, but they will be used for the Perinatological Center that the institution will put into operation next month.During the pandemic, the Balti Republican Hospital received donations worth over 2 million lei.The Mother and Child Institute also received donations.These are medical devices - electrocardiograph, oxygen concentrator, hematology analyzer, but also protective equipment, drugs, medical supplies, all worth over 2 million lei.I contacted the director of the institution, Sergiu Gladun, by phone, to ask him how they handled the pandemic and how much the donations helped him, but he did not answer the phone.Maxim Cazac, the head of the press service, told us that all the devices are still in use.The Municipal Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases for Children, where most children with average forms of COVID-19 were directed, received donations of over one million lei, including protective equipment, medicines and consumables."Everything we received is on our website in the COVID-19 chapter, how much does the device cost and when was it received.All of them are very important and have helped us a lot.Without them we would have managed, but very hard ", said Ludmila Bîrca, the director of the institution.Another strategic hospital in the fight against COVID-19, the Republican Clinical Hospital "Timofei Moşneaga", benefited from donations worth just over 4 million lei.SCR also received substantial aid for medicines, consumables, medical devices and protective equipment.And the donations for the National Agency for Public Health are over 8 million lei.Laboratory consumables, protective equipment, medical devices, medicines, as well as COVID-19 tests arrived at ANSP.The district hospitals received, for the most part, protective equipment, disinfectant and consumables.During the pandemic, a number of international organizations, embassies, governments of other countries donated various goods to our country.According to the official documents on the website of the Ministry of Health, in the years 2020 and 2021, the number of donations amounts to 676,077,627 lei, of which 655,359,331 from external donations.Donation reports can be found HERE.Tag:, donation, medical equipment, medical devices, IMU, balti republican clinical hospital, ansp, scrThe taking over of the articles from www.sanatateinfo.md ​​is done in the maximum limit of 1,000 signs.It is mandatory to cite the source and the author of the information, and if the information is taken over by other online information platforms, the direct link to the source must be indicated.The full retrieval of the information can be done only on the basis of an agreement concluded with the INFO Health Editorial Office.All journalistic materials published on the online platform www.sanatateinfo.md ​​are protected by Law 139 on copyright and related rights.Also, the Code of Ethics of the Journalist of the Republic of Moldova.In addition to the legal acts that protect our rights, there is an unwritten law - that of common sense.Published on the same dayFollow us on social media and stay up to date with the latest news.