Novopolotsk hospital recognized as the best medical institution of the region in 2016

– Our specialists possess high-tech methods of providing medical care, including at the outpatient stage. Funds for its development are released precisely from the optimization of the bed fund. There is no longer a need for a large number of beds as before. We have 543 of them, including 63 in the day hospital, – says the head of the city hospital (one of the 14 structural units of the Novopolotsk Central City Hospital) Tatyana Lapkovskaya. – Of the 11 specialized departments of the hospital, 5 are inter-district, whose employees serve the population of Novopolotsk and Polotsk, Rossony, Miory, Braslav, Sharkovshchina, Verkhnedvinsk, Ushachi districts.

Patients are divided into streams, meaning each building has its own reception room. In the trauma, ophthalmology departments, and the hospital's cardiology service, high-tech examinations and operations are performed. For example, transesophageal echocardiography – a more accurate method than conventional ultrasound – is used in the Vitebsk region at the regional hospital and here. Protocols for providing care for acute cardiac pathology – myocardial infarction, when every minute is crucial for saving the patient – are in effect.

The hospital staff includes 103 doctors and 357 nurses. About 20% have the highest qualification category, and the total number of employees with categories is close to 80%. The rest are young specialists. In the future, they all, as a rule, confirm their high level of professional training. They have someone to look up to. Chief physician Sergey Nekrasov, his deputy Alexander Stoma, head of the ophthalmology department, deputy of the city and regional councils of deputies Svetlana Sharafanovich, trauma and orthopedic surgeon, candidate of medical sciences Sergey Zyryanov are laureates of the honorary title "Person of the Year of the Vitebsk Region". They set a good example of professional continuity for beginners.

medical dynasties – the Sosnovik brothers and their wives, the Sharafanovich father and daughter, the Mechkovsky mother and daughter, and other specialists. The hospital director, Tatyana Lapkovskaya, is a hereditary doctor; in 2014, she took first place in the hospital competition in the nomination "Best Physician of Therapeutic Profile in Inpatient Medical and Preventive Departments."

Despite their experience, degrees, and titles, Novopolotsk doctors continue to enrich their professional knowledge and improve their skills because medical science does not stand still, and it is necessary to assimilate new information in a timely manner. Classes, conferences, and other training events are held at the hospital. There is a corresponding base for this.

About 50-60 medical school graduates are sent here for internships annually. Additionally, doctors undergo advanced training and professional development courses necessary for obtaining and confirming their category. Currently, Vladimir Khodasevich and Alexander Dmitriev are undergoing specialization in providing endovascular surgical care to patients with vascular pathologies. The hospital plans to equip an X-ray endovascular operating room. Renovation of premises is underway.

In the coming months, a computed tomography room will be opened. The premises are ready, necessary approvals have been obtained, and documentation is being processed. The introduction of this innovation will improve the level of neuroimaging for strokes and provide effective assistance to patients with severe injuries.

Galina Shpakovskaya. Photos by Dmitry Osipov. "Vitebskiye Vesti".