There are 17 round-the-clock care facilities for lonely elderly people operating in the Vitebsk region

October 15, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. A round-the-clock care unit for lonely elderly people and disabled people will open today in the village of Boruny, Braslav district, the head of the department for labor, social protection and employment of the population of the Braslav district executive committee, Lyudmila Tetero, told a BELTA correspondent. The 30-bed unit has been established on the basis of the former basic school. Over Br90 million from the Social Protection Fund and the district budget was allocated for the repair and equipping of the premises. The first residents were 12 lonely elderly people from remote villages and hamlets, and another 18 people are undergoing medical examination and will soon move into their winter quarters. The elderly will be cared for by 16 full-time employees, including a nurse-dietitian. They will be able to receive qualified medical assistance if needed at the village paramedic and obstetric station. The unit in Boruny is the first in the Braslav district and the seventeenth in the Vitebsk region. 545 elderly people receive care and assistance in them. In the near future, a unit for lonely elderly people and disabled people will open in the Gorodok district. -0-