Donskoy infectious center will be able to accept patients until the end of 2021

The Donskoy Infectious Diseases Center is ready for work: the staff is full, the first patients will be accepted until the end of this year after receiving all the necessary documents. This was announced during an offsite meeting, which was attended by the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko and the Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev.

At the moment, the first stage of the construction of the Donskoy Infectious Diseases Center has been completed. Nine buildings were erected with a total area of ​​33,000 sq.m., designed for 180 beds of a round-the-clock hospital, 20 beds of an intensive care unit and 60 beds of a day hospital. An additional deployment of 260 more beds is also possible.

As the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev noted, the facility is actually ready for work.

“The object, figuratively speaking, was transferred to the Ministry of Health, the final steps remain. Basically, it's ready to go. The creation of the Donskoy Infectious Diseases Center is the beginning of a new stage in the development of this part of medicine. But the construction does not end there, we are planning the next stages of the project, including the children's infectious diseases department,” the head of the region explained.

Recall that in addition to the children's department, there will also be a pathoanatomical and medical advisory building. It is planned to complete all stages of construction by the end of 2024.