Index – Domestic – The country’s first epidemiological coordination center has opened in Debrecen
The country’s first epidemiological coordination center was handed over to the infectious disease clinic on the Kenézy campus of the university in Debrecen, MTI reported.
Müller C emphasized that epidemics and infectology are always needed, and in the future, special emphasis should be placed on the treatment of hospital epidemics, and he said that speed during a pandemic was key. He praised the close cooperation with the University of Debrecen in vaccine development.
Vulnerability is being reduced by domestic device manufacturing, including the vaccine factory built in Debrecen, the chief medical officer said.
Fidesz MP Lajos Kósa, a parliamentary candidate in the Hajdú-Bihar constituency No. 1, praised the establishment of the first epidemiological coordination center on the only clinical level infectology in the country.
The politician added that tackling the epidemic is largely a logistical task,
One of the key elements in the fight against the epidemic is the data, and data security and important tasks in the provision of data are the responsibility of the Epidemiological Coordination Center.
István Várkonyi, the director of the infectious disease clinic, said in connection with this: on the basis of the data processed in the center, it is possible to decide on the organization of the health care system, the management of employees, and the reallocation of devices.
He also said that at the time of the coronavirus epidemic, the infectious disease clinic with 92 employees had been expanded and renovated for almost HUF 500 million, where a coordination center had also been set up, MTI wrote.