Hearing aids for the Second World War combatants

The Supreme Council deputies opened the autumn session. A range of social issues was considered at the first plenary session after the parliamentary holidays. Amendments to the law "On social protection of war veterans" were adopted in two readings. The law-in-draft provides for the allocation of free hearing aids to combatants during the Great Patriotic War without establishing a disability group. 46 veterans need such devices today. Only medical indications are required to obtain it.

Hearing aid, depending on the indicators, costs from 3.5 to 7.5 thousand rubles According to the Republican Center for Prosthetics and Orthopedics. An amount of 257 thousand rubles is needed in the republican budget of 2022 in order to provide free hearing aids to the Great Patriotic War combatants.