MOGILEV, 14 December (BelTA) – Belarusian medics found their bearings amid the COVID-19 pandemic and learned how to treat people for this new disease fast. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he met with senior Mogilev Oblast officials on 14 December, BelTA has learned.
In his speech Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned the coronavirus pandemic. In his words, without denying that the relevant challenges exist, it is necessary to calmly respond to the situation which is being artificially hyped up in the world. “I don't want to say [the disease and the relevant treatment problems] do not exist. But there is no need to freak out about it,” he stressed.
The head of state noted that in Belarus they primarily pay attention to treatment methods, the availability of medications and all the necessary things.
“Medics did great. They learned how to treat people, found their bearings fast!” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “There is a peculiarity: our infectologists (notable doctors) don't treat people as much, I don't waste their time on it. They come and teach other doctors how – pediatricians, surgeons, and the rest. They have taught them how and now they control how they treat people. It is what a heroic deed in healthcare is! No other country does that.”
“It is what mobilization is all about. It is how a state is supposed to operate. And if we want to survive, we have to mobilize. Nobody will allow us to live a calm life,” the Belarusian leader stressed.
Aleksandr Lukashenko drew attention to how foreign governments respond to their citizens' protests against lockdowns. “They declare lockdowns, use tear gas against citizens, and nobody complains about them,” he remarked. “Why do they resort to lockdowns? Not because they want to keep people safe. But because the healthcare system cannot treat so many people. Well, since you are rich, you should place more beds, give that oxygen and medications! Come to us, we will tell you how to treat, and it is not a secret anymore. Medical aid costs money over there, and not every private hospital wants to do it. They treat rich people, those who can afford the bills.”
Continuing the line of thought, Aleksandr Lukashenko reminded about tragic results of the coronavirus pandemic in care homes in some Western countries. He said that Belarus had managed to come up with an effective system meanwhile: “I summoned the head of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly and told him: you and members of the parliament will be held responsible for them, go and work out a system and save them. And we still take shifts to take care of these people. The situation is quite simple over there. We've saved those people. [The West] gave up on them, there was no one to pay their bills. That's private and state-run healthcare for you.”
Despite the smoothly operating state healthcare system Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that citizens should pay more attention to their own health and should exercise regularly.
