MOD has prepared plans to deal with Slovakia's deteriorating COVID-19 situation, one of them being "Isolator" plan with field hospital in Lešť
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The Ministry of Defence has been putting several operational plans into action to deal with the deteriorating COVID-19 situation, with one of them being the “Isolator” plan, which relies on a field hospital where up to 1,500 patients can be in isolation at the Training Centre Lešť, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď has announced today.
As the head of the MOD noted, the SVK Armed Forces are deployed out on the ground also today, helping intensely in the ongoing COVID-19 response. Currently, a total of 567 soldiers have been assigned to 28 hospitals, 31 regional offices of the Public Health Authority, and 19 mobile testing units across the whole of Slovakia. After converting wards into ICUs for COVID-19 patients, the Defence Ministry’s Central Military Hospital has 106 beds available, with almost 50 vacancies. “If the situation deteriorates rapidly and the hospital fills up, we will reach out to our additional capacities,” Minister Naď said.
He also informed that the SVK Armed Forces have approx. 450 medical professionals, capacities at the Training Centre Lešť, and a field hospital, which is primarily designed for treating combat-related and multiple trauma patients, as well as providing a range of surgical interventions. The field hospital has 30 beds and its bed capacity can be temporarily extended to 40 beds. Parts of the field hospital have been deployed in support of the Central Military Hospital Ružomberok. However, if the Isolator plan is fully implemented, the field hospital will be set up as a whole at the Training Centre Lešť, where up to 1,500 COVID-19 patients can be kept in isolation. “At the Training Centre Lešť, we can offer isolation and medical care for patients who have contracted some form of COVID-19, whereas the most severe cases will remain in hospitals. This alternative solution will be primarily for patients with moderately severe symptoms,” Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said.
As the head of the MOD noted, the SVK Armed Forces are deployed out on the ground also today, helping intensely in the ongoing COVID-19 response. Currently, a total of 567 soldiers have been assigned to 28 hospitals, 31 regional offices of the Public Health Authority, and 19 mobile testing units across the whole of Slovakia. After converting wards into ICUs for COVID-19 patients, the Defence Ministry’s Central Military Hospital has 106 beds available, with almost 50 vacancies. “If the situation deteriorates rapidly and the hospital fills up, we will reach out to our additional capacities,” Minister Naď said.
He also informed that the SVK Armed Forces have approx. 450 medical professionals, capacities at the Training Centre Lešť, and a field hospital, which is primarily designed for treating combat-related and multiple trauma patients, as well as providing a range of surgical interventions. The field hospital has 30 beds and its bed capacity can be temporarily extended to 40 beds. Parts of the field hospital have been deployed in support of the Central Military Hospital Ružomberok. However, if the Isolator plan is fully implemented, the field hospital will be set up as a whole at the Training Centre Lešť, where up to 1,500 COVID-19 patients can be kept in isolation. “At the Training Centre Lešť, we can offer isolation and medical care for patients who have contracted some form of COVID-19, whereas the most severe cases will remain in hospitals. This alternative solution will be primarily for patients with moderately severe symptoms,” Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said.
