Press release
02.08.2021 Nur-Sultan city
The Ministry of Health has taken measures to improve the quality of services for Kazakhstanis living in the LSG
As part of the improvement of the legislative framework, amendments were made to the order of the Acting Minister of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 139 "On approval of the Rules for the use by medical and social institutions (organizations) of pension payments by age, for long service and state social benefits for disability and loss of a breadwinner", which significantly improve the quality of services provided.
The innovations touched on the following points:
- the participation of members in the meetings of the commission on the use of pension payments and benefits will now take place online in the event of a state of emergency and (or) restrictive measures, including quarantine, social, natural and man-made emergencies;
- the meeting of the commission will be held at least 1 time a month for the purpose of uninterrupted provision of recipients of services with clothing, shoes, bed linen, technical aids and solid inventory, including for the purchase of vital sanitary hygiene items, medicines and medical services that are not included in the list of guaranteed free medical care;
-the list of goods to be purchased at the expense of funds from the cash control account in the LSG (hereinafter referred to as the CSN) is supplemented individually for the service recipient with solid inventory(bed, multifunctional bed, table, chair, wardrobe, bedside table);
- elderly persons living in the LSG who do not have a disability will now be provided with technical auxiliary (compensatory) means and special means of transportation (crutches, canes, walkers, corsets, bandages, medical belts, hearing aids, indoor wheelchairs, strolling wheelchairs, absorbent sheets (diapers) at the expense of the CSN funds, according to the doctor's prescription.
The amendments and additions were proposed by public associations of persons with disabilities and local executive bodies