Firstov Stepan

Firstov

Stepan

Physician, Politician, Social Activist, Associate Member of the World Medical Association

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Stepan Firstov

Home News There can be as many hospital beds as wanted, but considering the shortage of doctors and medical stuff, it is not seen quite logical.

There can be as many hospital beds as wanted, but considering the shortage of doctors and medical stuff, it is not seen quite logical.

26 November 2020

26 November 2020 took place a regular session of the Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk region. The decision has been taken to allocate 589 million rubles to expand newly opened infectious hospital in Malaya Sosnovka. It was said about the second stage of construction, which includes additional hospital buildings and 252 beds with artificial lung ventilation.

Deputies of the Party of Pensioners faction from the Legislative Assembly voted against this decision, and the leader of the faction, Stepan Firstov, named it incomprehensible, explaining his position from the point of shortage of doctors and medical personnel.

«Today we have a number of problems: first of all, it includes a large deficit of personnel. To the existing 100 hospital beds, another 200 will be added… Where will be found doctors for such number of patients? And what about the secondary medical staff? All nurses are overloaded and overwhelmed. There can be as many hospital beds as wanted, but considering the shortage of doctors and medical stuff, it is not seen quite logical. Further, the lack of emergency rooms in the COVID-19 hospital is a violation of all legislation norms and, in general, may lead to serious mistakes and break all rules of correct primary diagnostics of a patient, because scheme of scanning of an infectious patient pursues the main goal, which means to provide planning and consistent study of objective and subjective symptoms of a disease. Accurate scanning allows to avoid mistakes in diagnostics. In the absence of an emergency department, it is possible to exaggerate and underestimate some symptoms. One more complex issue is the presence of doctors of related specialities in the hospital. How will their presence be organized? How will logistics be organized? These issues must be solved, but there are many more questions, than answers. Therefore, our faction voted against it today. Moreover, a little earlier I initiated workgroup on monitoring the shortage of doctors and medicines in the region. 2 December next week will be held the first meeting. I would like to say again, that mentioned issues are extremely current and must be addressed and resolved in the shortest time, if we do not act now, thus, there will be nobody to treat people.» commented the vote results dr. Stepan Firstov, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Chairman of the regional branch of the political party «The Russian party of pensioners for social justice» in Chelyabinsk region.