In the Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan, an acute shortage of doctors and IVL devices

The acute shortage of medical workers in the Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan was even before the pandemic, and now the situation has worsened even more. This was stated at a briefing by the plenipotentiary representative of the government in the region Emilbek Alymkulov. According to the governor, there are 368 doctors in the Naryn region, every fifth of whom is currently on vacation. And among the remaining 306 medical specialists, some are sick or under observation. See also: We need air: the Kyrgyz authorities urgently withdraw all doctors from vacation. The official also noted that there was an acute shortage of mechanical ventilation devices and oxygen concentrators in hospitals in the region. In the Naryn region there are only 153 oxygen concentrators, while three times more are required. There are only 28 units of HIA devices, at least 17 more are needed. We notified the Republican headquarters of this problem. Perhaps at the end of the week, the regions will allocate part of the IVL devices and concentrators that will be brought to Kyrgyzstan, he summed up. the news agency recalls that on the eve of July 7, at a briefing in the Government House, Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov