Twenty-two state-of-the-art sonographs bought by the Ministry of Health have been distributed to public health care institutions in different parts of the country.
Officiating at the handover ceremony, Minister of Health Dr. Ala Nemerenco said the new equipment meant a sooner recovered patient and a more satisfied health care provider. She remarked that the new machines will be particularly welcome in the districts, where medical equipment is often antiquated.
The procurement has been possible due to the repurposing of Covid response leftover funds.
Dr. Mihai Ciocanu, director of the Emergency Medicine Institute, noted that cerebrovascular accidents represent a major emergency and more than 5,500 patients suspected of this emergency are examined annually at the Institute. Among the first-line diagnostic tests are ultrasonography and echocardiography. The high-performance machines will help doctors establish a correct diagnosis and begin treatment more quickly. More than 40,000 ultrasound scans are performed annually at the EMI. The medical institution has the full range of medical technology needed to care for patients with any type of major emergency.
The ultrasound machines were distributed to Emergency Medicine Institute, the National Clinical Hospital, the Cancer Institute, the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, the National Center for Medical Diagnostics, the Balti Clinical Hospital, the Gheorghe Paladi Municipal Hospital and 15 district hospitals.