The Ministry of Health of the Samara Region explains the words of Minister Andrei Orlov, who previously advised residents with body temperatures up to 40 degrees to consult doctors in clinics and not go to an ambulance. The ministry believes that the minister's words were interpreted incorrectly.
The Department emphasizes that emergency medical care is an emergency response service. She prioritizes responding to life-threatening calls: heart attacks, strokes, severe bleeding, serious injuries, traffic accidents and other critical conditions, she wrote. RIA Novosti.
For cases that do not require emergency intervention but require a doctor's assistance, emergency services are available at area clinics. It operates from 8:00 to 20:00 and its 137 teams go to the homes of patients with ARVI, flu and fever symptoms. The standard arrival time of such teams is up to two hours, but during periods of increased incidence, arrival times may increase slightly.
