Medical institutions allowed the use of drugs purchased by patients and philanthropists

Russian medical institutions were allowed to use drugs acquired by patients or charitable organizations. This was written by Kommersant with reference to the decision of the Ministry of Health.

Prior to this, hospitals were faced with fines for the use of drugs provided not by their own pharmacies. Now, medical institutions will be able to use drugs purchased under the program for financing the treatment of rare diseases, as well as acquired by regional budgets or transferred by charitable organizations.

According to the co -chair of the All -Russian Union of Patients, Yuri Zhulev, the issue of legalizing the use of personal drugs of the patient has long and “very sharply”. He also pointed out a contradiction in the current rules: on the one hand, the compulsory medical insurance fund does not have enough funds, and on the other hand, the Ministry of Health did not allow the use of medicines received from alternative sources.