President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is on a working trip to the Vitebsk region. The head of state was informed about the work of the regional maternity hospital under COVID-19 conditions
The Head of State is visiting the Vitebsk Regional Maternity Hospital today, where patients with coronavirus from all over the region also become mothers. A separate block has been allocated for them.
The chief physician of the maternity hospital, Elena Leonovich, reported to the President that the hospital has over 150 beds.
– As of today, there are enough beds, – she noted.
According to the Minister of Health Dmitry Pinevich, coronavirus has been detected in 600 pregnant women in the country, 100 of them have been diagnosed with pneumonia, and 25 are on oxygen support.
Speaking about the infection of newborns, Elena Leonovich told Alexander Lukashenko that babies can get COVID-19 if they are with an infected mother from the first days:
– Therefore, it was decided, regardless of what the WHO recommended and said about the possibility of co-habitation of mothers and newborns in the ward, we take the children away immediately. We conduct explanatory work with the mothers.
– And for approximately how many days is the newborn separated from the mother? – the President inquired.
– Until the mother recovers. Only then do we hand over the newborn. Our mothers understand everything, they treat this normally, they understand the high degree of contagiousness of this disease. There are currently 45 mothers with COVID infection in the maternity hospital, 25 of them have already given birth. 25 newborns have been tested on the third day, their PCR tests are negative.
– As of today, there are enough beds, – she noted.
According to the Minister of Health Dmitry Pinevich, coronavirus has been detected in 600 pregnant women in the country, 100 of them have been diagnosed with pneumonia, and 25 are on oxygen support.
Speaking about the infection of newborns, Elena Leonovich told Alexander Lukashenko that babies can get COVID-19 if they are with an infected mother from the first days:
– Therefore, it was decided, regardless of what the WHO recommended and said about the possibility of co-habitation of mothers and newborns in the ward, we take the children away immediately. We conduct explanatory work with the mothers.
– And for approximately how many days is the newborn separated from the mother? – the President inquired.
– Until the mother recovers. Only then do we hand over the newborn. Our mothers understand everything, they treat this normally, they understand the high degree of contagiousness of this disease. There are currently 45 mothers with COVID infection in the maternity hospital, 25 of them have already given birth. 25 newborns have been tested on the third day, their PCR tests are negative.
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