People prefer self-treatment.
The acting head of the Ministry of health of Ukraine Ulyana Suprun said that free medical care in Ukraine is a perennial lie, “because the hospitals paid by all”. According to her, every second Ukrainian is unable to pay the cost of “free” treatment, so he refuses or postpones it for later.
“As a result, 69% of Ukrainians are self-medicating due to lack of funds (according to the study Patients of Ukraine”, – said Suprun. Such data acting Minister brought on his Facebook page. She also added that the Verkhovna Rada will support health care reform at the next plenary week.
As reported “Vesti”, in the Parliament and the Cabinet are in full swing bidding on personnel issues, including the post of head of the Ministry of health. It is planned that Suprun will soon get rid of the prefix acting, full-fledged head of the Department.
Doctors also are prepared to live by new rules and pending medical reform. The interlocutors of “News”, predicting a shortage of doctors in the country, as many specialists are preparing to move to other countries.
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