History
The Republic of Belarus is one of the most beautiful former soviet republics. The area of the country is 207,6 thousand. sq. km. and the population is 9474,2 (2005 -10, 3 mln.), 60% of the area is covered by forests. There are a lot of rivers and lakes in Belarus too.
Gluski district (Mogilev region) is located in the south-east of Belarus. It was formed on July 17, 1924. Today its area is 1.3 thousand sq. km. with population of 16,3 thousand people. Forests occupy 55% of the district. Village Glusk is the center of the district and has population of 7,4 thousand people.
The Republic of Belarus was affected by Chernobyl disaster. In Belarus thousands of children need fresh air, clean water and high-quality care.
In 1992, the government of the Republic of Belarus decided to establish specialized institutions to provide care to the children suffered from the Chernobyl disaster.
Thus, in 1994, the former rehabilitation camp Kosmos was reorganized into the rehabilitation center with the capacity of 154 beds.
Gluski district is one of the cleanest districts of the republic.
Kosmos Regional Children’s Center for Medical Rehabilitation was opened in 2005. The capacity of the center is 95 beds. The specialists of the center rehabilitate the children of 5-18 years of age with the diseases of the pulmonary system, heart and kidney diseases, traumas and orthopedic conditions. Children stay at the center without parents. The term of staying is 18 days
Facilities
The center occupies seven buildings:
- administrative;
- educational and therapeutic;
- medical;
- admission and inpatient care (4 buildings);
- catering.
There is a children’s playground with swings and sandpit for kids at the territory of the center, a football field, volleyball and basketball courts on the territory of the center.
There is the school, library and the department of physiotherapy in the educational and therapeutic building. There 5 classrooms. Classes start at 9.15am and ends at 2.35pm. Children are taught by the teachers of Glusk school. Both school books and fiction literature is available in the library.
The Department of Physiotherapy includes:
- the room for electro and light therapy;
- the room for heat therapy;
- two gyms for physical therapy;
- the room for mechanotherapy.
Physiotherapeutic procedures are prescribed according to indications.
The room for physiotherapy has the equipment for galvanization (POTOK-1), magnetic therapy (AMT-01), electrophoresis (Radius-01), ultrasound therapy (UZT1.01F), ultrahigh-frequency therapy (UVCH1.01F) and magnetic laser therapy (Vityaz, Rikta).
The room for heat therapy has two paraffin heaters enabling to carry out paraffin and ozocerit treatment.
Physical therapy in groups is on schedule. Children are grouped based on age and diseases.
An exercise physiologist supervises trainings in the gym. Children over 12 years of age are allowed attending such trainings provided that they have not contraindications. The gym has Kettler exercise equipment.
The Medical Building includes:
- massage rooms;
- room for balneotherapy;
- rooms for function tests (ECG, spirography);
- rooms for ultrasound examinations.
The equipment of massage rooms includes massage units and NugaBest individual massager for heat therapy.
The room for balneotherapy has:
- 5 baths for balneotherapy;
- 2 baths for underwater massage therapy;
- Charcot shower;
- 2 units for hydromassage.
There are the rooms for functions tests (ECG and spirography) and ultrasound examinations (using Medison ultrasound machine) in the center.
There is the staff room, the procedure room, two activity rooms (with furniture, TV set, DVD-player and board games) in the bedroom building. Each bedroom is for 3-4 children and has a toilet and shower.
Nurses are on duty on a 24/7 basis.
The inhalation room is located in the admission building. Inhalations are performed with the help of ultrasound nebulizers and halo nebulizers. There is also the room for aerophytotherapy in the admission building.
The laundry occupies a separate building.
A 120-seat dining room is located in a separate building too. Children eat 6 times a day. The menu is made based on children’s age (for preschool, school and high school children).
10 teachers work at the center. They arrange discussions, contests, quizzes, birthday parties, discos and etc. They also ask children to fill out questionnaires with a view to learning children’s interests and improving educational activities. Moreover, teachers cooperate with parents.
The core activities of the center are:
The core activities of the center are:
- to improve the quality of medical care;
- to improve the management and HR management;
- to develop the facilities;
- to develop the barrier-free environment for the handicapped (children, disabled people, pregnant women and elderly people).
