Moldova passed a batch of medical facilities worth 136 thousand euros for the blood transfusion centers in Tiraspol Rybnitsa and Bender.

According to The Moldovan Ministry of Health Protection, these facilities include, in particular, plasmapheresis device, thermostat, centrifuge for cleaning water, binocular microscope.

According to Deputy Minister of Health Protection Boris Golovin, these facilities were provided in the frame of the “Transfusion Security in Moldova” project and it will help Transnistrian colleagues to achieve the European level in rendering medical services to the population.

“The financial resources for purchasing these facilities were allocated from the country’s budget and from a loan by the Development Bank of the Council of Europe”, he said.

Vladimir Voronin, who was present at the ceremony of handing these facilities to Transnistrians, underlined that the citizens’ health is much more important that any political differences and artificial impediments.

“We strive that all the population of Moldova enjoyed accessible high-quality medical services. Health cannot by divided by borders”, the President said.

Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Transnistria Svetlana Arkadieva expressed its gratitude for the donation and underscored the activation of cooperation with Chisinau.

“We are implementing jointly the projects on combating TB and HIV/AIDS, we are developing family medicine and hope in the assistance in introducing medical insurance”, she said.  // Infotag



Publication date: 21 January 2008   

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