The department noted that there were reports in the media that in case of hospitalization of patients with suspected coronavirus not by ambulance, they would have to pay for their own treatment.
“The Moscow Department of Health is refuting. Medical assistance to residents is provided free of charge under the compulsory medical insurance policy, ”the statement said.
At the same time, citizens should not independently go to the hospital in the presence of symptoms of coronavirus.
“You should immediately call a doctor, and for diagnosis you can go to specialized outpatient centers organized on the basis of 47 city polyclinics,” the capital department said.
If during the examination it turns out that the patient needs hospitalization, he will be taken to the hospital by ambulance, the department added.
“If there is no such need, then the patient will be given all the necessary medicines, they will give recommendations and will observe how treatment is carried out at home,” the department concluded.
Earlier, the headquarters noted an increase in hospitalizations with suspected coronavirus in Moscow.
The chief physician of the Leader of Medicine medical center, an infectious disease specialist, a vaccinologist, Yevgeny Timakov, expressed the view that the peak incidence of coronavirus in Moscow will occur during the May holidays.