Italian NGO donates ultrasound machines to Moldovan hospitals
Thirteen hospitals in Moldova have received high-performance ultrasound machines donated by an Italian non-governmental organisation. The machines will help to carry out faster and higher quality medical investigations.
The machines will reach district hospitals in Cantemir, Orhei, Falesti, Telenesti, Hancesti, Sangerei, and Rascani. Officials of the beneficiary medical institutions say the machines are vital because the existing ones are worn out.
"Until now, we had equipment that was already many years old and no longer met current requirements for high-performance investigations," says Angela Spînu, deputy head of the Sangerei Health Centre.
"It is a very big plus because it is a donation, the financial situation of the institutions is weak and we are happy with any donation," says Vladimir Gîscă, engineer at the Dondușeni District Hospital.
The Institute of Mother and Child in the capital, where hundreds of patients come every day, also received an ultrasound machine.
"It is a very modern machine for general investigations, it is possible to perform ultrasonography on the abdomen and on gynaecological patients for obstetric investigations, it is a very contemporary software, with a very large memory," reveals Sergiu Gladun, director of the Institute of Mother and Child.
The medical devices will help to carry out medical investigations more quickly and with better quality.
"Providing medical equipment was one of the biggest shortcomings of the system, we had a system where the equipment was not renewed. We finally decided that it was very good to have ultrasound machines and here they are, they have arrived in Moldova and today they will be sent to the beneficiaries," said Ion Prisăcaru, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health.
"We have discovered how great and important it is to support people in need. Today we are proud to be able to help with this donation of 13 ultrasound machines. They will go to hospitals that have a greater need for this equipment," says Marco Buono, head of the INTERSOS Mission.
The total value of the equipment is more than €127,000.
