Posted: 11.11.2021 10:32:00

Life hacks for health

New meaning of the tradition of celebrating November 7th, gifts to the country and its residents, the formula of health from the President. Details of the visit of the Head of State to Mogilev.


Photo by BELTA

The anniversary of the October Revolution, as in Soviet times, is marked in red on the calendar in independent Belarus. However, this celebration is filled with new meaning. On this day, it is customary to give socially significant objects to cities and towns. In Mogilev, the President officially opened a cardiac centre in the regional clinical hospital and a fitness and health centre in the Fatina micro-district. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted, 
“By virtue of our capabilities, we will develop and create better living conditions for people.”
The newest equipment, modern operating rooms, intensive care, transplantation departments, intensive care wards, a consultation block for patients... With the appearance of new cardio-therapeutic and cardiac surgery buildings in the Mogilev Regional Hospital, high-tech types of medical care have become more accessible to residents of the region with heart problems. It is now possible to perform operations there not only on the heart, but also on the blood vessels, the aorta, and the arteries of the head.

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care  at the Mogilev Regional Hospital                                                       Photo by Andrey Sazonov

The appearance of the latest equipment — a computed tomograph, X-ray and ultrasound machines, consoles for intensive care units, an angiograph — has significantly expanded the possibilities of functional diagnostics. And these are not the only advantages.
“The waiting list for open heart surgery will significantly decrease: from 18 months to 3-4 months. But the number at the hospital will increase: earlier, we performed 270 operations annually while now we can do up to 500,” said the hospital’s chief physician Anatoly Kulik, listing the advantages of the new cardiology centre. “From now on, the possibilities of receiving a consultative polyclinic have also increased: from 500 to 700 patients per day. In future, we plan to master not only kidneys, but also liver operations in the transplantation department.”

World class pool

No matter how professional doctors are, any disease is always easier to prevent than to cure. The best way to do this is to take care of your health ahead of time. That is why the second gift from the President for November 7th was the opening of a multifunctional fitness and health complex with swimming pools in the Fatina micro-district of Mogilev. It also has halls for wrestling, boxing, table tennis, fitness, a gym, an archery range, a Russian bathhouse and a cafe.
The main building of the fitness and health centre is attached to the building where the swimming pools are located. The largest of them will enable Mogilev to host international swimming competitions. It has ten 50m-long tracks. There is also a mobile platform for dividing the pool into 2 parts, a system for recording the results with overhead panels and scoreboards, as well as a tribune for the pool for 500 people. The second swimming pool (25m long and 7m wide) was built taking into account the specifics of conducting educational and training sessions for children. It is noteworthy that the building also houses gyms for water sports.

Boxing hall in a new fitness and health centre in Mogilev                                                     
Photo by BELTA

Communicating with the residents of Mogilev near the new fitness and health centre, Aleksandr Lukashenko also focused on swimming in the context of the importance of taking care of one’s health. He also urged people to enjoy sport in the fresh air every day for at least half an hour.
And a few more ‘healthy life hacks’. The President is sure that preference should be given to products grown in our country, “You need to eat your own food and play sports. Get out, run, and train! Teach your children to do this. Because you have to breathe where you were born, and eat what is produced on our land, where you were born.”

About coronavirus

A topic that continues to be heard is coronavirus. This time the residents of Mogilev could hear news about how the epidemic is developing now directly from the mouth of the Head of State, “Belarus COVID cases have already dipped from the latest peak (especially for hospitalisation from pneumonia). Many regional and other hospitals are already reducing the number of beds for COVID-19 patients. We have begun to provide routine care at full capacity.”
However, this is not a reason to relax. So Aleksandr Lukashenko once again reminded people that they are, as he put it, ‘the creators of their own health’, “Take care of yourself. Everything depends on you. Masks are your business... We will not force anyone. We will explain and convince you to use means of protection.”
By the way, people do listen to this. The President, for example, spoke about the indicative results of the meeting on the epidemiological situation and measures taken to counter the spread of coronavirus infection, which took place at the Palace of Independence on October 19th, 
“Vaccination in the country has increased 3-5 times.”


By Dmitry Umpirovich, Svetlana Isaenok, Olga Kislyak, Lyubov Solovieva