00:00Highly contagious and deadly, tuberculosis, a lung disease, affects almost 11 million people
00:09worldwide. Lithuania is one of the most affected countries in Europe, with 23 cases per 100,000
00:15inhabitants, compared to seven cases in France. Actually, it was our history. After the collapse
00:21of Soviet Union, the numbers started to increase, and the largest number it was in 1997, it was
00:28almost 87, and then the situation started to improve. To curb the endemic, the European
00:34Union invested in renovating this hospital. It's a routine gesture for this doctor, but
00:44an unpleasant moment for his patient. A bronchoscopy carried out with brand new equipment, funded
00:49by European Aid, will allow doctors to examine the trichaea and bronchi. This is a crucial
00:55test for diagnosing tuberculosis. In the suburbs of Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city,
01:03the Romanu Hospital has been treating tuberculosis patients since 1937. At the height of the epidemic,
01:09it had 500 beds. Today, there are 150, most occupied by tuberculosis patients.
01:18Starting in 2016, the old facilities were renovated.
01:22Four years of work for a total cost of more than 13 million euros. 85% funded by the European
01:29Union's cohesion policy. The result? Modern rooms and high-tech equipment. This revolutionary genetic
01:37test delivers a diagnosis in just four hours and can detect drug resistance.
01:41Tuberculosis is a disease you can contract through microscopic secretions in the air,
01:56but never develop. Out of two billion people infected worldwide, 5% fall ill. The disease
02:04particularly affects the most disadvantaged populations. One of the main challenges of
02:09tuberculosis is that it's hard to detect. Alma has been hospitalized here for six months.
02:26Her treatment could last up to 18 months. With a bit of luck, she will finish it at home.
02:30Kaunas Hospital continues its efforts to bring its figures closer to those of Western Europe.
02:48In 60 years, the number of patients in Lithuania has dropped by 90%.
02:52More than 50 percent.
02:59More than 20 years, the population has dropped by nine-year-olds and the number of patients.
03:03All of the patients has died in the course of donations.
03:04The number of patients in Lithuania has dropped by nine-year-old and the number of patients in Covid-19.
03:05All of the patients have been flushed over over the years.
03:06Now, the number of patients in Lithuania has dropped by the Yahtani- Katherine-Based
03:07system, which is a high-end system of whether they were able to work in the US.
03:08One of the greatest patients in Lithuania has seen only one-year-old in the 200-year-old-old in the world.
03:11The number of people who have been in the world-class Children's
03:13system of the US, has been docked over 80%.
03:13The number of patients in the country's region of the US are at 40%.
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