Bishkek authorities ask private medical centers to provide consultations on COVID-19 to citizens amid overload of public health system

AKIPRESS.COM - The epidemiological situation in Bishkek remains tense. The health care organizations are overloaded, medical professionals can't cope with the growing work load, the mayor's press office said today.
"Many citizens need assistance. The 118 coronavirus hotline and ambulance service can't cope with a huge number of calls," the mayor's press office said.
"We ask private medical centers and laboratories to join the process of informing people about COVID-19. If you have the possibility to provide medical consultations on protection from COVID-19 in line with protocols of the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan, we ask to create channels to provide medical consultations for citizens," the mayor's press office said.
People need accessible, accurate consultations in line with the protocols of the Ministry of Health, the press office said.