Queues for 2.5-3 months - components for operating theatres not delivered because of sanctions

18 августа 2022
The operating room of Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Minsk has a lot of foreign equipment. Minsk, a modern and high-tech hospital, has a lot of foreign equipment. "A modern angiographic complex has been installed, which allows performing the entire range of operations," says Vladimir Veselov, head of the department of Minsk Clinical Hospital No. 1. 

“We started facing problems in April, when the computer board of the angiograph malfunctioned. The delivery was expected within 2.5 months. After that the cooling pump malfunctioned.” 

While the operating room of the 1st City Clinical Hospital has been idle, the doctors have continued performing surgeries. There are many appeals from patients, and there is certainly no explanation for the sanctions. "It's quite difficult both medically and from the general point of view to explain. We should get help. But there are certain difficulties," he stressed. 

"The types of surgeries that were performed with us are not performed or are performed in minimal numbers. A waiting list has formed. Up until the time we broke down, the waiting list was 2-3 weeks. Now it has extended to 2.5-3 months," said Vladimir Veselov.