Further steps are being taken in creating the municipal health center of Klaipėda district. A total of eight institutions will participate in its activities and will sign a cooperation agreement. According to Klaipėda district vice-mayor Vytautas Butkaus, concentrated forces will ensure better quality and more affordable services for patients.
– What is the purpose of creating the Health Center?
– The field of health is extremely sensitive. After all, it is not for nothing that the well-known saying that health is the most valuable asset is said. The Klaipėda region is growing rapidly, the population is increasing, so the goal is for patients to quickly receive high-quality and modern health services close to home and to expand their range. Another goal is the improvement of the health indicators of the residents of Klaipėda district. And, of course, it is easier to achieve all this by joining forces.
– What kind of cooperation has been chosen and which institutions will participate in the activities of the Health Center?
– There are two ways – structural and functional. How are they different? The structural method means that services are provided in one legal entity, and the functional method means that services are provided in different ones. In the Klaipėda district, it was decided to provide Health Center services both in one way and in another. A total of eight institutions will cooperate. Structurally – Gargždai Hospital and Gargždai Primary Health Care Center. And functionally, on the basis of the cooperation agreement, the Public Health Office of the Klaipėda District Municipality, Paupia Primary Health Care Center, Priekulė Primary Health Care Center, InMedica UAB, as well as Gyvenimo gija VšĮ and Klaipėda University Hospital.
“During the creation of the Health Center, the cooperating medical institutions are located throughout the district, so patients will be able to receive the necessary services in a convenient place for everyone. After the infrastructure is modernized and the competences of doctors are concentrated, we hope that the working environment of doctors will also improve”, says Vice Mayor V. Butkus.
I would like to point out that the creation of the Health Center in no way means that any institution will be closed or several will be under one roof. Not really. Simply, services to patients will be provided by health institutions in cooperation with each other, not in competition with each other.
– What health services will be provided to residents of Klaipėda district?
– The doctor to whom we turn first when we become ill is the family. Thus, one of the positive changes is related to this area. After the establishment of the Health Center, patients will be cared for by the entire family doctor’s team: nurse, midwife, physiotherapist, lifestyle medicine specialist, social worker, case manager and neighborhood administrator.
Cooperating institutions are located throughout the district, so patients will be able to get the necessary services in a convenient place for everyone. And their spectrum is very wide – from public health monitoring and strengthening to supportive treatment and nursing, palliative care, day hospital, diabetes care and many others.
It is planned to provide mobile services, such as dental services for bedridden patients. The aim is also to develop physical medicine and rehabilitation services, to introduce shuttle services, to purchase new equipment, which will provide an opportunity to monitor the health status of patients even remotely. So the exciting changes are on the way and will be obvious to everyone.
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– 2024-04-06 11:24:21
