6,500 hospitals beds for patients with COVID-19 and pneumonia prepared in Kazakhstan for 3 days

AKIPRESS.COM - 6,500 beds in provisional and infectious diseases hospitals were additionally prepared for the last 3 days in Kazakhstan, Health Minister Alexey Tsoy told a press briefing today.
"The earlier structure of hospital assistance to patients with COVID-19 has been changed. Quarantine hospitals with 13,000 beds for contacts of confirmed cases will become provisional and infectious diseases hospitals," the Minister said.
For new hospitals and in addition to available 3,300 ventilators, 978 ventilators were purchased. 1,000 more ventilators will be purchased. Besides, 4,000 oxygen concentrators will be procured as well, the Minister said.