Health of the Nation

Top officials - President Yevgeny Shevchuk, the Chairman of the Supreme Council Mikhail Burla, Prime Minister Tatiana Turanskaya - took part in the session of the Ministry of Health, in the course of which they summed up the department in 2014. They discussed problems of the industry with the medical community.

Almost three-hour collaboration began with the announcement of the reports of heads of departments subject to the general jurisdiction of the Ministry of health, as well as representatives of the cities and districts, heads of the medical sphere at the regional level. They include information that, despite the scant government funding still managed to achieve, as well as the problems that resolve is not yet possible. Pendency of these problems leads to the fact that mortality is still ahead of fertility, to the fact that access to health services has not yet been implemented in full, and the quality of their provision cause fair criticism of patients.

Solution of this long-standing, as they say "beard" question was managed to break the deadlock of how to ensure diagnostic, laboratory and medical equipment during the past year. Both budget and extra-budgetary sources were spent to it. In particular, thanks to the decision of parliament to increase by 1% the size of the unified social tax for the acquisition of modern high-tech medical equipment managed to accumulate 43 million rubles. "The Pearl" of Health became reconstructed diagnostic and treatment center in Ribnitsa, commissioning of which was held in Dedication day - November 28, 2014.

The development of the material base of the health sector contributes to the Russian Federation and assistance provided by mean of independent non-profit organization "Eurasian integration." It provides unprecedented for the country project to build 12 education and health facilities. Already, under the entry into operation of modern buildings purchased equipment, trained staff, who will work on it.

Lack of budgetary resources leads to the fact that physicians are forced to expand the range and scope of the provision of paid medical services, although the Basic Law of the State to declare free medicine. According toщ Health Minister Irina Molokanova, the medical field received 37.2 million rubles from paid services in 2014, which is 8 million rubles more than in 2013. The volume of budget financing for the same period amounted to 504.5 million rubles. Thus, medicine is the first line in the ranking of the most demanding social sectors. Still it do not have enough funds. For this reason it was decided to increase tariffs on 595 types of services, representing 17% of the total number of rendered medical in Pridnestrovie from January 1, 2015.

We, patients can not do without medical assistance. There is a statistical confirmation. As it was noted in a speech Health Minister Tatyana Skrypnik to colleagues, 4 million 900 thousand appeals were registered last year in the clinics of the republic. 110 thousand people, or almost one in five, were treated in inpatient hospitals, doctors and paramedics stations "first aid "responded quickly to 150 thousand calls.

Leadership of the industry sector stopped on the implementation of a number of state programs of medical specialization, such as immunization. The level of performance was 97%. 5 types of infectious diseases were vaccinated thanks to the funding. Its means allowed to declare Pridnestrovie as the territory free of poliomyelitis.

Unfortunately, one of the most important and intractable problems of medical industry is still the lack of staff. It is compounded by the fact that in this important social sector employs many workers pension of retirement age. The main reason for the personnel problems – is the low pay labor of the followers of Hippocrates. For example, the average salary of a doctor in the Republican Clinical Hospital is 2311 rubles, nurses - 1437 rubles, sanitary assistants - 1278 rubles. These figures confirm that today the most dedicated medical and human duty people remain in the work of health care. They are often at the expense of the family budget, continue to improve their qualifications. For example, last year the corresponding program of study in the republic, including foreign specialists, passed 764 doctors, 68 people enhanced their professional skills in other countries.