Former covid the hospital in Batajnica will become a center for dialysis and palliative care, stated the state secretary of the Ministry of Health Mirsad Djerlek.
Đerlek estimated that it will be easier and faster to set up a dialysis center, since a smaller space adaptation is needed for that purpose.
He explained that the accommodation of patients with terminal forms of cancer requires adaptation of the water supply and sewerage network, writes RTS.
Đerlek pointed out that the start of work on the repurposing of the covid hospital in Batajnica has been delayed for a long time due to the regulation of legal-property relations, since that health institution was initially registered in the Cadastre with the Serbian Army, while now it is finally being managed by the Ministry of Health.
He stated that kidney patients will be treated in that hospital and that a palliative care center will be established for patients suffering from the most severe forms of cancer.
Given that the hospital will become a center for dialysis and palliative care for the territory of Belgrade, he points out that the space should be adapted.
Djerlek said that the dialysis center will increase, from the initial 80 to up to 210 places, and pointed out that it will be put into operation faster, because the area for palliative care needs to be remodeled into double and triple rooms, and that this requires adaptation water and sewage networks.
Part of the respirator goes into storage
He also emphasized that the existing medical devices will be used for a new purpose.
"We have six ultrasound machines, two scanners, as well as two operating rooms where cataract, knee, and hip surgeries will be performed," Djerlek said.
He stated that part of the respirators will be given to other institutions that have outdated devices, and that part will be kept in case of a new respiratory epidemic.
He emphasized that the staff for the former Covid hospital will be redistributed and that he believes that a certain number of new young doctors and specialists will be employed later.