On the instructions of the president, the government has prepared details of an in-depth medical examination of the population, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. Those who have already had a coronavirus infection will be invited to it. The rest will be able to undergo examinations on their own initiative.
In the wake of the rise in morbidity rates, the head of government came to the capital’s Kommunarka to inspect the new children’s infectious diseases building of the city clinical hospital N 40.Since March 1 last year, the institution has been fully focused on treating patients with COVID-19. At the end of May, permission was given to commission the children’s building, and it is planned to start receiving patients today. The head of government was shown through three floors of the building, shown the admission department with isolated boxes, the intensive care unit, the endoscopic operating room, the ultrasound room, and the wards. The prime minister noted the general internal organization: “Medical logistics is the most important thing.”
On Sunday, Russian medical workers will celebrate their professional holiday. Mikhail Mishustin congratulated everyone who works in the healthcare system. “A doctor is always a close person who will help, find a kind word, who is always emotionally involved in helping a person in a difficult situation,” he said. “I want to say to all doctors in our country that in this difficult time, during a pandemic, you are doing your duty, helping people cope with a dangerous infection, helping them to become healthy and rehabilitate,” the head of government thanked.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin asked the city’s doctors to protect Muscovites from the new wave of coronavirus. “Now we see new challenges, new problems, new leaps in morbidity. I take this opportunity to appeal to the medical community in Moscow to stand up again to protect Muscovites, ordinary citizens in order for us to overcome new challenges, a new wave and adequately protect people from the impending danger “, – said the mayor. According to him, during the entire time of the pandemic, there were practically no cases when Moscow health workers refused to provide assistance, to go to the “red zone”.
Citizens who have undergone moderate and severe coronavirus will be invited to an in-depth clinical examination
The government, for its part, will do everything possible to support doctors and medical workers, Mishustin assured. Over the past five months, according to him, about 250 billion rubles have been invested in the healthcare sector, of which 100 billion are funds for incentive payments to doctors. “As for the volume of assistance, including through compulsory health insurance, just yesterday at the coordinating council for combating coronavirus infection, we discussed, among other things, the need to increase the corresponding financial amounts for the health insurance system. the healthcare system, “the prime minister told the doctors. The government will now assess the amount of further funding that will be required given the worsening coronavirus situation. “An appropriate regulatory framework has been adopted, which allows us to make decisions on the redistribution of the balances of the Mandatory Health Insurance Fund to those areas that are necessary in the fight against coronavirus infection,” said the head of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Mikhail Mishustin also said that he had signed a decree on carrying out an in-depth medical examination. “The president gave us this instruction,” he reminded, “and today our social block has thought out and done everything to ensure that all the rules and all appropriate measures so that people can undergo medical examination are available.” The Prime Minister pointed out to the regions that the document contains all the elements that need to be used for a high-quality and effective organization of in-depth medical examination. “To make it convenient for people, so that they can see where they can turn, what type of services should be available to them,” he said. “I hope that this will primarily help people with chronic diseases, which, unfortunately, become complicated after COVID-19, and I hope that all Russians will also be able to use this service,” Mishustin said.
In-depth clinical examination starts on July 1. It will take place in two stages. The first includes a therapist’s appointment, biochemical blood tests, measurement of blood oxygen saturation, a 6-minute walk test, spirometry, chest X-ray. Citizens who have had coronavirus will be additionally sent for an analysis of the concentration of D-dimer in the blood, which helps to identify signs of thrombus formation. Based on the results of these examinations, which can be completed in one day, doctors will establish the risks and signs of the development of chronic diseases and, if necessary, will send them to the next stage of clinical examination. It included echocardiography, CT of the lungs and Doppler examination of the vessels of the lower extremities.
Citizens who have undergone coronavirus in moderate and severe forms will be invited to an in-depth clinical examination. Those who have not been ill with COVID-19, or there is no official data on the disease they have suffered, will be able to undergo an examination on their own initiative. The list of medical organizations where research will be conducted will be published on the official websites of regional health authorities, as well as on a single portal of public services.
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Mikhail Mishustin has simplified the procedure for providing compensation for travel to the resting place for those retired northerners who apply for special personal coupons to the Pension Fund. They receive free tickets for them at the railway ticket offices. Previously, in order to issue such a coupon, pensioners had to present a supporting document from a sanatorium or a rest home. Sometimes a certificate was required from Russian Railways about the fare. The prime minister abolished these requirements. The new procedure applies to citizens receiving an old-age or disability insurance pension.
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