The patients taken by an ambulance to the COVID-19 Triage Center at Moldexpo in Chisinau are not always hospitalized. If they are confirmed with the virus, but have a mild form of the disease and do not form part of the high-risk groups, they are prescribed treatment at home. Persons in charge of the Center related how these persons get home.
The Center’s vice director Denis Cernelea has told IPN that when the patient is taken to their Center, this is subject to a COVID-19 test, imaging and laboratory examinations. Depending on the results, the person is sent home or is taken to a medial institution for treatment. The test results are provided usually in seven hours. In the period, the patients are waiting in special cubicles.
If the doctors decide that the person can receive treatment at home, this is taken home by an ambulance. If the person has COVID-19, this can no way use public transport as they can endanger the health of other persons. Only persons with a negative test for COVID-19 are allowed to leave the Center independently.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, over 78,500 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Moldova by now. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,850.
