Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare considered the legislative initiative of the Government, which proposes to enshrine in law the possibility of conducting certification of employees of medical organizations with higher non-medical education.

The Committee deputies discussed developed by the PMR Government amendments and additions to the law “On social protection of citizens affected by the Chernobyl disaster and other radiation or man-made disasters”.

Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare discussed several legislations that will be on the agenda of the plenary meeting next week.

Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare discussed the initiative of parliamentarian Igor Buga to amend the state program of preferential lending to the PMR defenders and Afghan soldiers who became disabled of I, II or III groups.

The deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Health discussed in the first reading the government initiative to introduce amendments and additions to the Law of the PMR “On protecting the health of citizens from the effects of second hand tobacco smoke, the effects of tobacco consumption and other nicotine-containing mixtures without tobacco”.

Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Health proposed to pay compensation to people with special needs for eye prostheses purchased at their own expense.

Cases of rubella and measles have not been registered in Pridnestrovie since 2007, and there have been no cases of diphtheria for about 10 years. Minister of Healthcare Kristina Albul announced this at a meeting of the Committee on Social Policy and Health, presenting a report on the implementation of the state target program for immunization of the population.

The report on the implementation of the state program "Oncology: improving cancer care for the population of the PMR for 2021-2025" for 2022 was heard by the deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare.

The Equal Opportunities State Program was launched in March 2019 and was calculated until 2022. A lot of work during this time has been done to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and other people with limited mobility.