The Russians are faced with chronic shortage of medicines

In need of the drugs the Russians are not out preferential recipes due to a simple lack of drugs. More than 70% of Russian doctors involved in the study of the Russian popular front (onf), said of the shortages of drugs in hospitals, including 20% spoke about the shortage of painkillers for cancer patients.

Experts BIP in conjunction with the Fund independent monitoring of health services and the protection of human health “Health” has conducted a survey with participation of 3 thousand workers, of which 2.6 thousand is medical specialists. The results of the survey show that two thirds (68%) of Russian workers have reported cases where preferential recipes do not discharge patients because of lack of medicines in pharmacies.

In addition, the researchers ‘ report stated that more than 70% of physicians said “on absences in 2018 need drugs in hospitals public (municipal) hospitals.” Speech including went and about the drugs for pain relief, who could not obtain cancer patients.

Also, according to the obtained data, in medical institutions can prevail practice, when the user makes doctors prescribe patients specific medications. This, in particular, reported 30%.
However, experts noted that more than a third (37%) of the respondents of the health professionals assessed the availability of soft drugs for the population in the region in 2018 indicators of “high” or “good” – even taking into account shortages of some medications.

Director of the Foundation “Health” Eduard Gavrilov urged the beneficiaries who faced problems in obtaining put to them by the law of drugs, to report such cases to the Fund. According to him, the regional authorities responsible for health, should pay attention to the concerns raised by the physicians.

Earlier Magicforum wrote about how representatives of the Russian Ministry commented on reports of a rise in infant mortality in the regions with perinatal centers.