Four years since
\nthe terrible fire at the Colectiv club in Bucharest, which killed 65 people, a
\nspecial clinic for third-degree burns was inaugurated at the Emergency Hospital
\nin Timisoara, western Romania. This specialized clinic, the largest of its kind
\nin Romania, has five wards for this kind of patients, of which three have
\nalready been rendered functional. The other two are to be opened by the end of
\nthe month. The clinic has two operating theaters and special rooms for the
\ntreatment of patients suffering from severe burns. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian Health Minister
\nSorina Pintea, who attended the opening of the clinic, said that the unit boasts
\ntop level equipment and facilities:<\/p>\n
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We
\nhave a center for patients with third-degree burns that can treat them in
\nexcellent conditions for this type of pathology. I’ve seen many such centers
\nabroad and I can say I am proud that our center is the same or even better than
\nthose. It’s important that this week the centre will be ready to receive
\npatients, that it has doctors and nurses specialized in treating them, and that
\nthe Health Ministry, the local authorities and the hospital have achieved this
\nmiracle. Yes, this is a historic day.<\/p>\n
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Opened within
\nthe ‘Austria House’ of the Timisoara County Hospital, specializing in severe
\nburns and multiple traumas, the newly opened clinic benefits from equipment
\nworth some 3.5 million Euros, bought with money from the World Bank. Another ward has been completed and is ready
\nto start treating patients in Iasi, eastern Romania. It has 6 beds, which add
\nto the 23 already existing in Bucharest and Brasov. <\/p>\n
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The health ministry also
\nplans to build a blood and plasma bank. The value of the investment, which will
\nalso include two blood test and collection centres, stands at some 168 million
\nEuros, money that will be provided on the basis of a public-private
\npartnership. <\/p>\n
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Here is health minister Sorina Pintea again:<\/p>\n
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This
\nwill help plasma collection, which will thus be fractioned and used to provide
\nthe necessary amounts of immunoglobulin and plasma-derived products that so
\nmany patients need.<\/p>\n
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The blood bank
\nwill be built in Bucharest, and the two pilot collection centers in the north
\nwest and in the south west respectively. <\/p>\n
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