In Bratsk, the population is being vaccinated against influenza. The doctors of the Children’s City Hospital alone plan to vaccinate more than 22 thousand young townspeople. The first batch of doses – almost 12 thousand – was delivered to the outpatient departments of the Children’s hospital. Here are just used today only 35% of this amount.
Parents are in no hurry to vaccinate their children. During the campaign, doctors have to fight not only diseases, but also myths and speculations of moms and dads.
Galina ANDREEVA, Chief Physician of the Bratsk Children’s City Hospital: “The massive refusal is connected, first of all, with the lack of information of the population about the serious consequences caused by the flu. A lot of negative information is spreading on the Internet. People who do not have medical knowledge turn to this information and begin to interpret it within the framework of their knowledge, their understanding, which is not always enough to assess a medical problem “.
Parents are afraid of vaccination, believing that there are complications from it. However, they are incomparable in consequences with those that arise directly from the disease. Vaccination prevents 90% of children from getting the flu. Immunization is the first weapon in the fight against an epidemic that can prevent death. The disease proceeds more easily and without complications. Last fall, doctors noted a large admission of children to hospitals with community-acquired pneumonia.
Svetlana KHABARDINA, acting Head of the Medical Unit of the Bratsk Children’s City Hospital: “The flu-vaccinated children had a milder course of pneumonia without complications. The main and most reliable way to protect children, of course, is vaccination “.
For the medical community, the upcoming epidemic season will be extremely difficult and unpredictable. Indeed, the outbreak of the incidence of SARS and influenza will proceed on the explosive cushion of the coronavirus pandemic. A combination of diseases for the body can be an extremely unpleasant surprise.
It is unclear how soon the vaccine against covid will start. In any case, the priority is to protect the adult population. Therefore, according to doctors, it is imperative to protect the child from at least one of them.
Pavel BOCHKAREV, Acting Deputy Chief Physician for Polyclinic Work of the Bratsk Children’s City Hospital: “Dear brothers, I subscribe to the words of the chief doctor and I want to say, dear mothers, fathers, grandfathers and grandmothers, be sure to come for vaccination. For this we make an additional working day – Saturday. In all three polyclinic departments of Bratsk “.
An open day for influenza vaccination will be organized on September 26 at the outpatient clinics on Ryabikov, Marshal Zhukov and Kurchatov. All interested persons need to contact the registry, then undergo an initial medical examination by a pediatrician. Vaccination rooms will be open from 8:00 to 15:00.
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