We live in a rapidly changing society and environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused large-scale changes. Regardless of what tomorrow might bring, we know what steps have to be taken to mitigate risks.
Arnolds Jānis Krauklis is a 3rd-year Medicine student at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). He is one of many students who have joined the experienced doctors at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital and has been working as a hospital attendant at the Emergency Medicine Centre since September.
Although Arnolds is optimistic and believes that the current struggles are temporary, he is also concerned about the growing number of people infected with COVID-19, burnout among doctors, and the availability of services for patients with other illnesses.
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Recently, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s Health Community (EIT Health), represented in Latvia by Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), began investigating the status of innovation in the Latvian healthcare ecosystem. One of the goals was to gain an understanding of the experience of advanced-stage start-ups in developing healthcare solutions, with a particular focus on projects that require the cooperation between start-ups and Latvian healthcare institutions.
E-voting, e-banking, e-taxation, e-school – Estonia has successfully branded itself as an advanced digital society where 99 % of government services are available online. Medicine is no exception and nearly all data generated by hospitals and doctors in Estonia is now digitised. Having set a clear goal on creating an e-state already in 1990, our neighbours have managed to evolve to a stage where one does not speak about e-Healthcare specifically but rather about healthcare in general, as these are not separate subjects anymore.
The RSU Health Center has begun to provide remote consultations with a general practitioner in both Latvian and English. Consultations take place in the form of a video call on a specially designed, easy-to-use and secure platform. The system will allow you to choose a specific time for your consultation.
During the consultation it is possible to:
The study process at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been affected by the serious spread of COVID-19 in Latvia, the related health risks and the restrictions that have been imposed by the Latvian government.
Studies are especially valuable if they prepare young people for the requirements of the labour market by giving them the opportunity to try out theory in practice. It has been shown that this can be achieved by allowing students to engage in simulated situations where they have to perform practical tasks.
In order to stabilise the critical situation in hospitals, the Ministry of Health has begun to coordinate the involvement of health care students in the treatment and care of COVID-19 patients.
Dace Zavadska’s, Infectologist and Associate Professor at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Paediatrics, opinion on the COVID-19 vaccine.
