The agenda: hospitalisation of patients with disabilities for medical screening purposes, financing personnel training programmes for the agro-industrial sector, measures to support the new regions
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks:
Good afternoon, colleagues.
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Before discussing the agenda of the Government meeting, I would like to say a few words about improving the medical treatment programme.
As instructed by the President, the Government is providing people with additional opportunities to check their health and obtain medical advice. We are creating conditions for people with disabilities who find it hard to access medical clinics and have their condition evaluated by medical specialists. From now on, patients with disabilities, including those living in the countryside and remote areas, will be able to undergo medical check-ups at outpatient clinics and inpatient hospitals free of charge. The relevant amendments to the programme of state guarantees have already been introduced and approved.
Medical specialists will examine these patients at hospitals, running them through various tests. This process will not take more than three days. If necessary, they will prescribe the required treatment after diagnosing the relevant health disorders. They will provide essential assistance, including high-tech treatment. People with disabilities will, of course, find this format to be more convenient.
The President has emphasised that we should now focus on preventive screening and early diagnostics. I would like to ask the Ministry of Healthcare to closely monitor the improvement of the medical screening process and to make it accessible for citizens.
I would like to mention one more decision aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the agro-industrial sector.
As the President has noted, work in the countryside requires top-notch and highly skilled specialists.
Acting in accordance with the State Programme for the Development of Agriculture, the Government is working consistently to create favourable conditions for those who work in agriculture and related industries. This category includes students, professors and active professionals.
We will allocate over one billion roubles to 24 Russian regions for training specialists for the agro-industrial sector. This will make it possible to modernise agro-industrial schools and colleges. The funding will also help retrain employees of rural processing enterprises and attract skilled experts.
We hope that this approach will make our agro-industrial sector more competitive and will help create new jobs in the countryside.
And now, I would like to discuss measures for supporting new regions. The President has instructed us to improve the economic situation in Donbass and Novorossiya over the next six years, so that they meet key Russian indicators determining high standards of living. In an effort to consistently integrate these territories into the country’s legal framework, the Government systematically implements an impressive range of measures, including those aimed at protecting the social rights of their population.
Today, we will focus on funding to reimburse those impacted by workplace accidents and suffering from occupational diseases. Earlier, we adjusted monthly insurance payments for the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. Nearly 70,000 people with disabilities are eligible for these payments.
However, over 1,000 people in these territories receive smaller benefits in accordance with outdated regulations, and it is necessary to recalculate and update them. These people should get such benefits in full volume.
The agenda of the current Government meeting aims to review legislative amendments, so that all people in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics can obtain this support.
