1066 hospitals on standby during Nowruz holidays / 58% increase in emergency missions so far
According to the report of the Central Headquarters of the Coordination of Travel Services of the country, Dr. Ain Allahi, on the sidelines of his visit to Tehran’s Luqman Hakim Hospital, said: “Due to people’s visits during the holidays, visiting the country’s hospitals is a part of our Nowruz plans.”
He added: Loqman Hospital is one of the main hospitals in the southwest of Tehran and the reception center for poisoned people. Fortunately, this hospital is in a good condition in terms of specialized human resources, medical staff and nurses.
He continued: 47,000 specialists and 4,500 sub-specialists are working in 664 university hospitals and all our 1066 hospitals are on standby.
Announcing that during the holidays, priority is given to admitting emergency patients, he said: Referrals to public hospitals during Nowruz holidays are more than the private sector, and priority is given to admitting emergency and accident patients, and hospitals and medical staff are ready to admit these patients. Patients are on standby.
He emphasized: the 190 system of the Ministry of Health is active 24/7 to receive possible public complaints and these complaints are being addressed.
Referring to the fact that the emergency missions during Nowruz holiday 1402 have increased by 58%, the Minister of Health said: Since the beginning of the year, we have had about 144,000 emergency missions and a 19% increase in traffic missions. In the emergency missions during Nowruz holidays, 44 thousand 400 treatments were performed on site and 5 thousand 671 patients were transferred to the hospital, and 76 patients were sent by helicopter.
In the end, Ain Allahi emphasized: During the Nowruz holiday, environmental health workers, in addition to 136,700 inspections of various centers, in coordination with the judicial authorities, sealed 1,744 violating centers and 1,791 kilograms of spoiled food was also destroyed.
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