The overall objective of the project is to improve preparedness and accelerate efforts to strengthen the capacity of key health units to combat COVID-19. The project contributes directly to the objective of Axis 9 and Investment Priority 9.1, aiming to finance the public medical system, in order to manage the emergency situation caused by the COVID-19 health crisis.The unfavorable evolution of the current epidemiological situation due to the spread of the coronavirus SARS-COV-2 has led to the increase of the requirements for medical fluids, oxygen, compressed air, vacuum, necessary to carry out the medical act, which imposed for many units the increase of the existing production capacity. In addition, the hospital covered by this documentation is also facing a poor endowment and does not comply with the standards in force regarding the supply of medical fluids, distribution routes and related final posts, including in terms of monitoring and alarm systems adequate care and treatment of cases of SARS-CoV-2/infection to manage the health crisis — Before the intervention: Currently, Professor Eduard Apetrei Buhuşi Hospital is supplied with oxygen from 4 sources of medical oxygen production. These are 2 oxygen generators, each with a flow rate of 2.4Nmc/h at 5 bar pressure, 2 oxygen generators one of 16.4Nmc/h and one 3.8Nmc/h at 5 bar pressure, as main and backup sources. Professor Eduard Apetrei Buhusi has rented these oxygen generators from third parties. Due to the high consumption and even continuously using the entire capacity of producing and distributing oxygen existing, the hospital does not have enough medical oxygen, necessary in the treatment of patients. Also, because of the same reason, the hospital does not have the secondary oxygen source and the reserve oxygen supply. In conclusion, the existing oxygen sources are insufficient and do not meet the requirements of SR EN ISO 7396-1:2016. After the POIM intervention: it will increase the capacity of the medical unit to manage the large number of cases in aggressive dynamics and adequate and sufficient equipment to give a medical act in an epidemiological context. In order to combat the outbreak caused by SARS-CoV 2, the hospital must provide a medical fluid production and distribution facility composed of medical oxygen production station, medical compressed air production station and medical vacuum production station, new distribution routes, alarm panels and final distribution posts. The proposed investments aim to strengthen the response capacity of Professor Eduard Apetrei Buhusi Hospital to the COVID-19 crisis, caused by the spread of SARS-COV-2 virus and contribute to increasing access to sustainable and high quality health services, leading to the development of the system
