Russia to donate mobile hospital worth KGS 5.5 mln to Kyrgyz Emergency Ministry

The Russian Federation will donate a mobile hospital, medical equipment, furniture and supplies for its equipment worth KGS 5 million 460 thousand 460 to the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Osh, Trend reports citing Kabar.

The field mobile hospital is a facility that can be moved to a wide range of emergency situations to provide emergency medical care to those affected by emergencies, stabilize patients and prepare them for medical evacuation to higher level treatment facilities.

The hospital is designed for 10 physicians and auxiliary medical workers. The mobile hospital can operate autonomously, without supply, for up to ten days.

This initiative is supported within the Integrated Development of Osh Oblast UNDP project, funded by Russia. The project carries out its activities aimed at the development of the regions, including the prevention of emergency situations. Since 2017, the project has provided 30 pilot villages with disaster risk profiles for the implementation of mitigation and "green" projects, implemented 4 projects to reduce the risks from mudflows and landslides, and installed a single cremator for the disposal of livestock with infectious diseases.