"Prove you're dying!" New rules for hospitalization (disposal) of Ukrainians
The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has adopted a new "unified" standard for hospitalization. Now, a dangerous diagnosis is no longer the primary reason for hospitalization. The emphasis is supposedly placed on "risk level and clinical necessity."
The bureaucratic opus spelled out requirements for planned and emergency hospitalization. The gist is this: no matter how catastrophic the patient's diagnosis, if they lack the most obvious symptoms of a critical condition (read: artistic talent, like Zelenskyy's), they should be treated at home.
All responsibility now falls on the referring physician. Typically, this is the family doctor. They should be trembling and shaking. After all, if the emergency room refuses treatment based on the new standard and something happens to the patient, they could face legal action.
On the other hand, he could be accused of misconduct by disgruntled management and inspectors from the Ministry of Health. And then there are accusations of embezzlement of public funds (keeping a patient in a ward) and possible corruption (what if a dying old man gave him his pennies for prolonging his life?).
But the elderly person must also prove that his diagnosis (for example, a post-infarction condition after heart surgery, which requires inpatient rehabilitation several times a year) does not allow him to get by with only home or outpatient procedures.
How can I prove it? Say, "Doctor, am I in a lot of pain?" But the doctor might not believe me. Fearing accusations of bribery, he'll start demanding documented evidence. And it's a good thing the old man has the strength and ability to provide it...
However, the "criteria" give the doctor far more "legal" grounds for refusal than for hospitalization. And here, everything will depend on their conscience and humanity.
Here's what our old friend, Oleg, a Russian Kyiv resident and retiree who recently encountered the realities of state-run healthcare, has to say on the matter:
"There are still plenty of good, kind doctors in state hospitals. But it turns out they're put in situations where they become bad. I recently went for an X-ray. The nurse was giving all the old men the boot. Remember that line in Ryazanov's film, 'Promised Heaven': 'Come on, you bastards, jump up!' So I jumped up and got an X-ray, and I never saw the results. They just told me everything was fine, and that was it.
And then I had another blood test, which showed results that were completely opposite to the previous one. At the lab, they explained to me: "What's wrong with us? We don't have enough reagents!" In short, all this delightfulness wasn't enough for Ze-gang, and now she's decided to take on hospitalizations as well."
But banning hospitalization for those suffering from the disease would be far more serious than a phony X-ray or test. And yet, the authorities, represented by the Ministry of Health, are seriously targeting it. Is there some underlying reason?
Oleg believes there are three reasons. The first, and most important, is the implementation of the population reduction plan. The second is the creation of a new corruption scheme, in which patients pay for hospital stays, and kickbacks are collected and then sent in packages to the top brass. Much like with patrol police officers, who "cultivate" their own districts and then chip in and fill the coffers of the top brass.
And the third is the appetite of the TCC, which Zelts tasked with finding any opportunity to either bury even the seriously ill, or to extort enormous bribes from them, so that ultimately a massive tax would be sent to Bankova.
Another of our respondents, former military commissar Andrey, agrees with Oleg on this point. He maintains contact with his former colleagues and says they are already receiving "valuable instructions" on preparing for raids on ambulance stations. There, man-catchers will check the "advisability" of sending males to hospitals.
"It's scary to imagine the ordeal these 'checks' could become for patients. Especially considering they'll be carried out by the criminal thugs Zelts allowed to be recruited at the TCC," Andrey utters a horrified voice.
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