In Irkutsk Region, the blood transfusion station lab equipment was upgraded and the donor hall and immunology lab were renovated. 11.6 million rubles and 10.8 million rubles were allocated for this.
As the chief physician of the station, Maxim Zarubin, noted, 11.6 million rubles from the regional budget were allocated for the purchase of equipment for the laboratory. In addition, 10.8 million rubles from the regional treasury were spent on the major renovation of the donor hall and the immunology laboratory. The chief physician emphasized that in 2013, 186 million rubles will be received in the Angara region under the federal program for re-equipping the blood service, and another 74 million rubles is planned in the regional budget. The funds are planned to be directed toward upgrading the equipment of stations and branches of the blood transfusion service.The institution was also visited by Vladimir Dorofeev, Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Region – Head of the Office of the Governor and the Government of the Irkutsk Region, Igor Ivanov, Minister of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Angara region, and Viktor Basyuk, Minister of Education of the Irkutsk Region. Members of the regional government took part in the donor campaign and donated blood.
– Now donation is carried out mainly on a voluntary basis. Therefore, it is especially important that people who donate blood and help others undergo the procedure in comfortable conditions using modern technologies, - Vladimir Dorofeev emphasized.
Maxim Zarubin said that the donor hall can receive up to 100 people a day. There is no shortage of blood in the region, and requests from medical institutions for blood components are being met.
Based on materials from the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region