The year of the pandemic

The year of the pandemic: how Almaty fought the coronavirus. The rapid spread of coronavirus infection made it necessary to reconsider the general approaches to the provision of medical care in the country's largest metropolis like Almaty. What tasks to combat the spread of coronavirus infection have been fulfilled in the field of public health since the beginning of the pandemic and what anti-crisis measures have been taken in the city, the correspondent of MIA Kazinform learned. To improve the material and technical equipment of medical organizations, 43.1 billion KZT was allocated from the local budget in Almaty in 2020. It became necessary to adapt the health care system at all levels. These are (EMC) ambulance station, (PHC) primary health care and hospitals. The ambulance service became the main regulator of hospitalization, the ambulance work algorithm was improved, since, at the peak of the pandemic, the number of calls increased to 8,000 per day. At the PHC level, 298 mobile teams have been created .