Two x-ray machines, MRI and CT devices for hospitals of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic were delivered to Donetsk by a humanitarian convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Olga Dolgoshapko, Minister of Health of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, told reporters on Thursday.
“We receive medical equipment as humanitarian aid from the Russian Federation. For the first time, the Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital receives an MRI machine, the Republican Trauma Center receives a computer tomograph, the Donetsk Clinical Territorial Medical Association and the Novo-Azov Central Hospital receive modern x-ray machines. This equipment allows for the most accurate diagnosis. This help is invaluable to us”, – said Dolgoshapko.
She noted that screening for new devices will be free. In addition, medicines were delivered to the republic by a humanitarian convoy.
The previous humanitarian convoy EMERCOM of the Russian Federation with children’s food sets arrived in Donetsk on November 21.
The first humanitarian convoy EMERCOM of the Russian Federation went to Donbass from Moscow on August 12, 2014. During this period, convoys of the Russian Emergencies Ministry brought more than 82 thousand tons of humanitarian cargo to the territory of southeastern Ukraine.