In the regions, patients with COVID receive all necessary care in hospitals and at home. The total number of beds in hospitals of Vitebsk Region is 11679. About 4 thousand beds are allocated for treatment of patients with coronavirus. The region has begun to produce medical oxygen. Upon the instructions of the Council of Ministers, "Naftan" has begun shipping the healing gas. It is the first experience for the enterprise to work for the medical industry of the country. Pilot batches of cylinders have already been shipped to Novopolotsk Central City Hospital.
The new project has not become an obstacle for the main activity of the plant. Technical oxygen has always been produced at Naftan and its branch Polimir. They made adjustments to improve the quality of the gas and received the necessary certificates.
The atmospheric air is taken a few kilometers away from the enterprise in the ecologically clean zone. The operation of the units is controlled by electronics.
The plant operates continuously. First the air is purified, then it is cooled down to minus 180 degrees. It becomes liquid. Then it is separated into fractions. The oxygen yield is 10%.
It takes about 10 hours from the moment of air intake until the oxygen is produced. To pump oxygen into cylinders, it is compressed by 150 times. One cylinder holds 6 cubic meters of the vital gas. The first consignments of oxygen cylinders have been shipped to Novopolotsk Hospital.
Every day, cars with oxygen cylinders are sent to Novopolotsk City Central Hospital. 60% of the wards here are equipped with oxygen points. Two self-contained buildings are allocated for treatment of patients with coronavirus infection. But doctors need medical oxygen not only to support patients with lung disease.
Not only infectious disease doctors work in the red zone. Therapists and pulmonologists help.
Boarding institutions under special control
The staff of boarding institutions work under special conditions. In Babinichi psychoneurological boarding house not a single case of coronavirus infection has been allowed since the beginning of the pandemic. There are 379 people living here. They are served, treated and developed by 230 employees. Until May 1 they worked on a rotational basis. 100% vaccination and strict adherence to sanitary norms made it possible to get back to the habitual mode of work.For the comfort of the residents of Babinichi medical care is organized on site. There is its own laboratory, dental and physiotherapy rooms, a salt cave. Doctors work, so if necessary, quick help is always close by. Online services are used to communicate with relatives.












