Experience of the infectious service of the Republic of Saкha (Yakutia) during the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection

Abstract

December 31, 2019 WHO was informed of the discovery of cases of pneumonia caused by an unknown pathogen in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province. Since then, the geography of the new COVID-19 coronavirus infection has expanded so much that the world health organization has declared a public health emergency and the outbreak has been assigned the status of a pandemic. A new coronavirus infection determines the search for optimal ways to provide medical care.

The aim - to assess the readiness of the health care system of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to provide medical care to patients with a new coronavirus infection in the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material and methods. Regulatory documents for the period from February to may 2020, regulating the provision of medical care to patients (suspicious) on COVID-19 in the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Results and discussion. The article describes the stages of forming a system for providing medical care to patients with COVID-19 with routing of patient flows on the territory of Yakutia.

Conclusion. The analysis made it possible to assess the readiness of the region's healthcare system to provide medical care to patients with COVID-19. The timely adoption of measures to counteract the spread of a novel coronavirus infection had a positive effect and determined the effective and high-quality work of the healthcare network of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Keywords:novel coronavirus infection, COVID-19, organization of medical care, Yakutia

Conflict of interests. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Funding. No financial support.

Contribution. The concept and design of the study - Sleptsova S.S., Borisova E.A.; collection and processing of material - Tarasova V.E.; statistical processing, text writing - Sleptsova S.S., Tarasova V.E.; editing - Malinnikova E.Yu.

For citation: Sleptsova S.S., Borisova E.A., Tarasova V.E., Malinnikova E.Yu. Experience of the infectious service of the Republic of Saxha (Yakutia) during the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection. 2020; 9 (3): 30-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2305-3496-2020-9-3-30-35 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)

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