November 23, 2011

The new health care law recently signed by President Dmitry Medvedev. Take the bill would in the summer, but then the discussion has caused heated debate among physicians. Leonid Roshal, chief pediatrician of the country, was the first critic in this regard.

The new law was approved on November 9 it regulates relations arising in the field of health of Russian citizens, defines the principles of the protection of health and the basic concepts of the family and the rights of certain categories of citizens in the health sector.

The new law established the components of the public health system, to normalize relations, which are associated with pharmaceutical and medical activities . Also, importantly, it is now re-describes the principles of preparation and training of specialist medical field.

As specified one of the radio stations, the new law also clearly distinguished between free and paid services. This necessity has matured due to the fact that more and more there is a tendency to shift to paid services. Under the Constitution, all services are provided free of charge to citizens of Russia. Now for a quick emergency assistance can count and stateless persons in the territory of the country, the law obliged the general hospitals to provide necessary medical care to all in need, regardless of nationality.

Liability insurance - this is odinvazhny time described the new project.

Public outcry forced the government to draft a new defer its signature and adoption by tightening process is almost half a year. As a result, some thirty substantive amendments were made to the law which still saw the light a few weeks ago. In general, the changes relating to the medical sphere, have a lot of that has caused considerable controversy.