The patient and the client: where is the line

The Committee on Social Policy, Public Health, Family and Childhood briefed on the audit of diagnostic and treatment center in Rybnitsa. The information was voiced by representatives of the Accounts Chamber and the Prosecutor's Office.

The prosecutor's office checked the medical institution on the basis of the deputy inquiry of Vadim Kravchuk and Andrei Safonov. There was is not revealed serious violations with regard to the execution of the labor legislation, requiring the prosecutor's response.

The audit Chamber held expert-analytical activities in relation to two objects: SI "Rybnitsa diagnostic and treatment rehabilitation center" and ZAO "Medical Diagnostic Center of new technologies". They are known to be located in the same building. The medical director of the institution and the CEO of another - one and the same person. The same names and the chief accountant of both centers. Patients can not find information on how to split the services provided by public administration and joint-stock company, and some of them can be obtained free of charge. The Chamber of Accounts was unable to do it. The same doctors at the same time in the same offices provide the same service, at what point they are not state - it is impossible to determine. It is important that the services of privately-held company cost citizens more expensive than those that provided by public facilities.

Deputies said that the need to clearly separate time or place of paid and free services. Vladimir Pelin said that the need to introduce the practice of paid services overdue because of chronic budget deficits. Sergey Cheban focused on the fact that recent times, "the patient from the patient turned into a client".

Accounting Chamber have questions to the size of the rent, the use of hydropathical establishment, financing the reconstruction of the medical center building (the documents confirming the expenditure allocated from the budget fund 29 million). It is not clear why from printed 41.000 coupons to conduct free research only 35.000 were handed in 2015.

All these aspects discussion takes place in the frameworks of plenary session.