The airmobile hospital of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations began to receive victims in Myanmar

An airmobile hospital of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, deployed in the emergency zone after the earthquake, has been opened in the central part of the city of Mandalay in Myanmar. More than 20 victims have already received medical assistance. This was announced on April 1 in the press service of the department.

"To date, assistance has been provided to more than 20 victims of this emergency," said Viktor Belinsky, an anesthesiologist and intensive care specialist at the Central Rescue unit of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

According to the ministry, more than 20 doctors provide qualified medical care. Therapeutic, surgical, and intensive care units receive patients. The hospital will be open around the clock.

It is also specified that the Centrospas airmobile hospital is capable of operating autonomously for at least 14 days. It is designed for 50 inpatient patients and up to 200 outpatient patients per day. On its basis, doctors can perform complex surgical operations.

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Earlier in the day, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the largest group of rescuers had been formed to help the people of Myanmar affected by the devastating earthquake. Currently, 264 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working in the country.

On March 28, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 were recorded in the Asian republic. The epicenter of one of them was located 31 km northwest of the city of Mandalay. The death toll is more than 2.7 thousand people.

The next day, more than 100 Russian rescuers arrived in Myanmar to provide assistance to the affected population. So, in the city of Mandalay, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, together with colleagues from China, pulled a woman who had been lying there for more than two days out of the rubble.