As part of the final board meeting of the main healthcare department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, new facilities were opened in Vitebsk
The opening of the computed tomography (CT) room at the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Cardiology Center and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) room at the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Oncology Center was attended by Vyacheslav Durnov, Deputy Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee, Boris Androsyuk, Deputy Minister of Health, and Mikhail Vishnevetsky, Head of the Main Department of Healthcare of the Regional Executive Committee.
– With the commissioning of the CT scanner, diagnostics will be significantly easier and treatment will be more effective. In our center, up to 35,000 people receive consultative and diagnostic assistance annually. These are not only residents of the Vitebsk region, but also of the republic as a whole, – explained Natalia Podolinskaya, Chief Physician of the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Cardiology Center. – The availability of a computed tomograph with a cardiac package will expand the diagnostic capabilities of our specialists and improve the quality of high-tech specialized medical care. For example, it will help detect coronary heart disease and pulmonary embolism at early stages, determine the presence of thrombi in the heart chambers or vessels, and in other clinical situations.
The commissioning of a new magnetic resonance imaging scanner at the oncology center (VOKOD) will reduce the waiting time for MRI examinations for primary outpatients, VOKOD representatives informed the media. It is planned to separate patient flows for outpatient and inpatient care, and for patients from central district hospitals. A remote injector will allow for reliable diagnosis of pathological formations with contrast enhancement.
– The oncology center uses the most advanced technologies in its work to provide patient care. The new equipment that has been commissioned will provide us with a number of advantages, – noted Anzhelika Tomchina, Chief Physician of VOKOD. – Thanks to this, the throughput will significantly increase, as there are four workstations for doctors, image processing using artificial intelligence is used, and there is good visualization. All these functions will allow us to carry out diagnostics. And, perhaps, most importantly – MRI examinations will become more accessible, primarily for cancer patients.
The equipment, the chief physician reported, was purchased by the Ministry of Health, and the local authorities provided significant assistance in financing the construction and installation work and commissioning the equipment.