The mobile hospital is located on the territory of the "Aytar" boarding house.

Three more people will be taken to the hospital by the end of the day.

“This is the first group of five people. From tomorrow, the hospital will work as usual, ” Health Minister Tamaz Tsakhnakia told reporters.

“Seriously ill patients are sent to this hospital exclusively from our medical facilities, where there are no necessary funds or a sufficient number of beds to provide proper care to those infected with coronavirus. Now two patients have been brought from Sukhum infectious diseases hospital. The head doctors will coordinate the hospitalization of the sick here with the ambulance, ” Deputy Health Minister Alkhas Konjaria told reporters.

According to him, those who have not confirmed a test for COVID-19 can also be accommodated in the hospital, but the clinical picture is extremely similar to this infection. Here they will be examined, PCR diagnosed and an appropriate course of treatment will be prescribed. "

A convoy of mobile multidisciplinary hospital of the Southern Military District  arrived in Sukhum from the Stavropol Territory to provide medical care to patients with confirmed coronavirus infection on the night of October 19.

The mobile medical unit consists of 113 military personnel and about 30 units of military equipment.

The mobile multidisciplinary hospital is a field medical unit designed for inpatient treatment of patients with a new coronavirus infection. The hospital is equipped with artificial lung ventilation devices, monitors for intensive observation of patients, X-ray machines, ultrasound machines, blood analyzers.