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Sums spent by the Regional Public Charity Foundation for Seriously ill and Abandoned Children in 2007
The total sum spent by the Regional Public Charity Foundation for Seriously ill and Abandoned Children in 2007 was 38,491,000 roubles ($1,571,000). The supply of medications to the hospital in 2007 was notably higher than in earlier years. So, in addition to traditionally important expenses, such as purchase of medications and support of unrelated marrow transplantation program, the Foundation has also managed to allot significant sums for buying state-of-the-art medical equipment for various clinical and diagnostic hospital departments, maintenance of the House of Hope cottage for children receiving out-patient treatment, and construction of a new cottage for orphan patients. * The total sum spent by the Foundation for buying hospital equipment was 7,600,000 roubles ($310,205). Purchased: - RED II (Rigid External Distractor) appliance worth 10,500 euro for the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery; - BIPAP Vision setup for noninvasive and invasive lung ventilation worth 32,551.44 euro for the Department of Marrow Transplantation; - SurgiCase CMF software for 3D simulation of the maxillofacial zone; - LigaSure apparatus for hemostasis; - Setup for fluorescent in situ hybridization in cytogenetic diagnostics of malignant neoplasms; - B.Braun Space sets for the Departments of Oncohematology -16 and -27; - Wavetronic 5000 digital radiosurgical apparatus; - Additional endoscopic instrument kit (Storz, Germany); and also infusion pumps for the Departments of Oncology, Oncohematology, and Abdominal Surgery; instruments for the Departments of Oncology and Maxillofacial Surgery; etc. * 13,700,000 roubles ($560,000) was spent for treatment purposes: - purchase of medications and consumables, - payment for examinations and pre-treatment simulation procedures at the Research Center for Roentgenology and Radiology, storage of biomaterials at the Blokhin Oncological Center, etc., - manufacturing of prostheses and ortheses for Kristina Kamardina, Nina Kalinich, Angelina Voznyuk, Sergei Suslov, et al.; manufacturing of Dospekhi orthopedic systems for Sasha Kapustin, Sergei Stepanenkov, and Sasha Mogir. * Nine patients of our hospital were provided treatment abroad, some of them several times: Vitalik Sotnikov, Milena L-na, Maxim Zhitinev, Olga Shchekina, Georgi Vinnikov, Vladik Makariev, Dima Zyukov, Oleg Shatalov, and Masha Tseberyaboi. * For seven patients, the Foundation has paid for the search of unrelated bone marrow donors: Kirill Buidin, Anton Drobov, Liza Pugacheva, Stas Andryukov, Serezha Shapoval, and others. * A total of 1,617,000 roubles ($66,000) has been transferred for construction of a new cottage for orphan patients, which is the most important new project of this year for us. * A total of 1,262,000 roubles ($51,510) has been paid for the work of hired nurses that take care of orphan patients at our hospital. * 580,000 roubles ($23,675) was paid for maintenance of the House of Hope, our cottage for children receiving out-patient treatment. During this year, more than 100 families lived in that house for some time, and it has become a real home for its little inhabitants and their mothers. * Over 60 families of hospital patients have received social help for about 2,000,000 roubles ($81,635) through announcements in the Vozglas church newspaper and in LiveJournal.