Purchase of 7000 billion Tomans of equipment to modernize the infrastructure of West Azerbaijan

Urmia - The governor of West Azarbaijan announced the purchase of 7 thousand billion tomans worth of equipment to renovate infrastructure and provide 40 ambulances in the province.

According to Mehr reporter, Reza Rahmani emphasized that people's health is one of the main priorities of the provincial administration, and added: "People's satisfaction is the most important reward for servants, and despite the limitations, efforts should be made to improve the quality of medical services and improve the conditions of serving citizens."

Referring to the development plans of the province's medical infrastructure, he announced the purchase of 7 thousand billion tomans worth of equipment for the renovation of infrastructure and the provision of 40 ambulances, and noted that the lack of hospital beds and equipping medical centers are issues that require serious follow-up.

The governor of West Azarbaijan listed the completion of the 450-bed hospital in Urmia and the acceleration of the construction of the 90-bed hospital in Chaipareh as important plans of the province and added: the purchase of a hemodialysis machine for Takab hospital from the government rights of Maaden has also been done in order to strengthen medical services.

Rahmani announced the implementation of a plan to reduce people's treatment costs and added: The provincial administration is ready to cooperate in meeting the demands and livelihood of nurses, including in the field of housing.

West Azerbaijan needs 2,500 hospital beds

The Governor of West Azarbaijan stated that the province needs significant infrastructure development to reach the national average in the hospital bed index, and said: To reach this average, about 2,500 hospital beds should be added to the province's treatment capacity.

Further, the West Azerbaijan social security treatment manager stated that there are 13 private social security treatment centers in West Azerbaijan and added: According to the latest statistics, one million and 300 thousand people in the province are covered by social security insurance.

Referring to the performance of the medical centers of this complex in the past year, Mirnader Mousavi noted: During this period, 28,000 hospitalizations, 19,000 surgeries and 2.5 million visits have been made in the province's social security complex.

The lack of inpatient beds is one of the problems in the field of treatment in the province

Emphasizing the importance of the position of nurses, he added: honoring nurses is actually honoring society, and if we expect nurses to be at the forefront of providing health services, we must also strive to ensure their mental peace, occupational health, and well-being.

Emphasizing the necessity of continuous attention to the demands of nurses, Mousavi stated: handling the demands of this group should not be limited to the day of the nurse, but the health service providers should take effective measures to support the livelihood and economy and improve the working conditions of nurses.

The problem of providing human resources will be solved by December

Referring to the lack of manpower in social security medical centers of the province, he said: It is expected that the problem of providing manpower will be solved by December, so that part of the work pressure on the employees will be reduced.

Mousavi mentioned the lack of inpatient beds as one of the problems in the province's treatment field and said: We hope that this problem will be solved to some extent with the construction of inpatient and emergency departments.

The Director of West Azarbaijan Social Security Treatment stated about the latest status of the province's treatment projects: Mahabad treatment project has about 45.5% and Shahindej project has 80% physical progress, also the renovation and replacement of Mako clinic is on the agenda.