Children with cancer in the Vologda region are left without medication: the Ministry of Health is not purchasing it.

In the Vologda region, the Ministry of Health does not purchase the drug Blincyto, which is used to treat leukemia. Few people can afford it: the price for a single injection vial is listed on the websites of popular pharmacies. begins from 178 000 rubles. 

The mother of a girl with leukemia told State Duma deputy Sergei Karginov about the problem. The family has now been offered treatment at a federal center in Moscow. 

"Why, in the 21st century, are Russian families, fighting for the lives of their children, forced to overcome these barriers as well?" wondered question in his Canada Karginov. 

He sent a letter to the regional Ministry of Health with a "request to look into the issue of organizing the supply of the drug."

Problems with medications for cancer patients are arising in various regions of Russia. In Khabarovsk, due to sanctions, several months do not produce radiopharmaceutical - without it, they can't perform CT scans in the oncology centers of Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krai. They couldn't. provide medications for cancer patients in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In North Ossetia, people had to take Creditsto provide themselves with medicines.

Despite the existing problems in regional budgets cut back Healthcare funding: hospitals are closing, salaries are being cut. The focus is on military spending.