Infectious diseases have no borders

The project will be implemented through the improvement of material and technical base of infectious departments of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Hospitals and University Teaching Hospital (Nyíregyháza), Regional Children’s Hospital (Mukachevo) and Regional Clinical Infectious Hospital (Uzhhorod). Activities: modernization, construction and equipment of bacteriological laboratories, assembly of disinfecting facilities, repair of water supply system, sewerage and premises, equipping of intensive care ward in infectious department. Quick and qualified bacteriological examination will help maximally reduce time (from 5 days to a few hours) to identify a dangerous infectious pathogen. Adequate therapy will start sooner and the time of pathogen spreading will be reduced, the probability of its getting into the water of rivers decreases. The proper material and technical basis of the infectious department will reduce both hospitalization time and the possibility of spreading infectious pathogens internally. It will lead to the reduction of government’s expenditures. Disinfection facilities of the infectious buildings will prevent pathogenic microorganisms from getting into general city sewage and Project overview 3 water basins of local rivers. Practical training for medical personnel of infectious departments of hospitals and bacteriological laboratories in terms of identification of infectious pathogens.