Medical rehabilitation in Russia should be included in the compulsory insurance system. & nbsp; This opinion was expressed by the chief pediatric oncologist-hematologist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, founder of the Center. D. Rogacheva Alexander Rumyantsev.
Speaking on the United Russia Party website with the report “ Implementation of the program for the development of the medical rehabilitation system '', the scientist explained that now “ the tariffs of the compulsory health insurance system are formed according to the nomenclature disease, but not within the limits of interdisciplinary technologies. According to the academician, rehabilitation should be highlighted in a separate row and “ everything should be resolved the same way as before with palliative medicine. & # 39; & # 39;
Rumyantsev noted that the system for training personnel involved in rehabilitation has not been finalized in Russia. In the state, there is no restoration of the second stage of rehabilitation, where patients need to undergo additional treatment after serious illnesses, the treatment system of the Russians in the sanatorium was destroyed.
In turn, Galina Ivanova, chief specialist in rehabilitation of the Ministry of Health of Russia, stressed that it is necessary to consolidate the concept of medical rehabilitation as a direction that affects not a disease, but the vital activity of a person. This definition emphasizes the quality of life of the patient. In his opinion, it is necessary to legalize in the Russian Federation the international classification of operation, which the WHO insists on.
As previously reported, during the direct line Russian President Vladimir Putin said serious funds would be invested in creating a rehabilitation system after the coronavirus. The purchase of the necessary equipment is planned.