NPOs ask the government not to limit the import of medical equipment

Non -profit organizations engaged in help from patients turned to the government with a request not to expand the list of foreign medical devices prohibited for public procurement. According to Kommersant, the reason was the project developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade a draft government decree, expanding the list of foreign medical devices, which relate to the restrictions on public procurement. His two -week public discussion ends on Monday.

NPOs are asked by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev create a working group to finalize the project with the participation of organizations representing the interests of people who can affect restrictions.

The signatures under the letter were made by the leaders of charity funds for the assistance of the Hospice “Vera”, the help of the elderly and the disabled “old age to joy”, the help of children with severe diseases “Give Life”, help people with amyotrophic sclerosis “Live Now”, helping children suffering from “bullet epidermolysis”, as well as the association of patients from patients Spinal muscle atrophy "Family SMA".

NPOs are asked by Medvedev to organize an examination of the market of domestic medical equipment. This is necessary in order to "make sure that the entire list of equipment among Russian manufacturers and in accordance with the quality of these products with similar goods of foreign origin."

NPOs are sure that it is too early to enter a number of goods in the “limiting list”. So, domestic dressing materials do not comply with modern standards, since fibrous tissues fall into wounds and cause suppuration, the letter said.

And the anti -mission mattresses, which are also supposed to be prohibited from buying abroad, are created from more slippery materials in the countries of the Customs Union, which, "contrary to the purpose, contributes to the formation of pressure sores."

The adoption of the resolution "will inevitably lead to the fact that state and municipal medical institutions will not use foreign equipment and other medical products," write NGOs, and this "can lead to a sharp decrease in the quality of medical care to the population."