Experience in deploying multifunctional medical centers of the Ministry of Defense in the extreme conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic

Information on the stages of a pandemic of a new coronavirus infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 is provided. The necessity and feasibility of building medical centers on the basis of prefabricated structures on the territory of military hospitals are shown. The article covers the regulatory, organizational, and economic aspects of the design and construction of multifunctional medical centers in 15 regions of Russia. The developed conceptual and technological solutions are adopted as standard and essential. They are used to create multidisciplinary medical centers in several Russian Federation regions with an unstable epidemic situation. The measures taken on time by the leadership of the medical service of the Armed Forces did not allow the explosive growth of the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the army and the navy, to ensure the provision of medical care to patients not only from among the military personnel and members of their families but also to the civilian population. All centers are capital construction projects and can be used for over 30 years. Since the opening, specialists of multifunctional medical centers have provided medical care to more than 13 thousand patients, including 7.4 thousand patients with COVID-19.

COVID-19, new coronavirus infection, COVID-19, Armed Forces, multifunctional medical centers, design, construction