Prime Minister Iurie Leanca expressed his dissatisfaction at the reaction of Minister of Health Andrei Usatyi to the reports that industrial tools – a drill and clippers - are used during operations at the children’s hospital “Valentine Ignatenko”.

“We became protagonists of news items in the U.S. and Russia, while the reaction to this case was delayed and inappropriate,” said Iurie Leanca. He instructed the minister to make an inventory of all the medical devices, in all the medical institutions. He also asked compiling a list of the missing devices so as to identity possibilities of purchasing them as soon as possible.

In a film broadcast over the Internet on July 22, doctors of the Chisinau children’s hospital “Valentine Ignatenko” use an industrial drill during surgery. As a result, Iurie Leanca expressed his indignation at the conditions in which the children are operated and requested Minister of Health Andrei Usatyi to go to the institution to examine the situation. The minister said that all the subdivisions of the traumatology section and the institution are outfitted with the necessary equipment that does not pose a threat to the diagnosis or treatment of patients. Doctors said the opposite and voiced hope that the authorities will equip the hospital appropriately. Otherwise, they will perform only urgent operations, in cases of open fractures.