"People are crying, they're forced to take out loans to buy medications." Cancer patients in North Ossetia continue to complain about a shortage of subsidized medications.
Head of a public movement "Together Against Cancer - Caucasus" by Oksana Kelekhsaeva I recently recorded a video message to To the Ministry of Health of North Ossetia demanding an explanation as to why cancer patients in the republic are not provided with the necessary medications and are forced to travel to neighboring regions for them.
"Why don't patients, when they get a prescription, receive the medications they need? Why do neighboring regions have them, <…> but we don't? People are crying, forced to take out loans to buy certain medications, because in their critical condition, they can't travel outside the republic to get them." — stated in the appeal.
As a resident of Vladikavkaz told NeMoskva Oksana The oncology clinic not only lacks medicine, but also doctors!
"I have my MRI results in hand, and I haven't been able to see the doctor for almost two months. On May 26th, I was scheduled for July 1st, but when I arrived, they told me the doctor had been on sick leave for two weeks. There are only a few doctors at the oncology center, and there are a huge number of patients." — says Oksana.
"I have to regularly buy medication for my mother, who has cancer. When I ask when it will be available, the pharmacy says they don't know. We've contacted the Ministry of Health, but nothing has changed. And that's not all. Getting a prescription for the medication requires a three-week wait, then visiting several doctors' offices, and then finding out it's out of stock.",” another resident of the region shares with NeMoskva Madina.
A few days ago the chapter North Ossetia Sergey Menyailo сообщил on the allocation of almost 52 million rubles in addition to the 556 million rubles already planned for this year for the purchase of subsidized drugs.
"NeMoscow" already told about the shortage of subsidized drugs for cancer patients and the increase in cancer mortality in the region.
Diabetic patients in North Ossetia are experiencing similar problems.