Anatoly Gulin: any Russian citizen residing in the Republic of Abkhazia, will be able to receive medical care in Russia

Abkhazian Minister of Health met with Russian Assistant Minister of Health Anatoly Gulin in Sukhum.

Sukhum. December 9. Apsnypress. Madina Chagava. The Ministry of Health held a meeting of representatives of ministries of health of Abkhazia and Russia, prior to the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Commission. They discussed details of intergovernmental agreement between the two countries.
 
 Minister of Health of Abkhazia Andzor Goov noted that this agreement is of great importance for the treatment of certain categories of patients, "we will sign an agreement on free provision of drugs for Russian citizens living in Abkhazia. We are required to submit the lists of all the beneficiaries who have Russian citizenship to the Russian side until March 2017 ". "At the moment, almost all the issues between the Abkhaz and Russian sides found mutual understanding", - he stressed.
 
For his part, Assistant Minister of Health of Russia Anatoly Gulin noted that in the framework of the strategic partnership and allied Treaty they have already prepared a number of agreements, which are aimed at providing social assistance to Russian citizens permanently residing in the territory of Abkhazia and not registered in Russia. "Today we discuss health care issues. The first agreement concerns the health insurance of Russian citizens living in Abkhazia. Funds have already been laid, and the agreement must be implemented by March 2017. After that, any citizen of the Russian Federation, residing in Abkhazia, is entitled to receive medical care on a par with the citizens living on the territory of Russia. The second agreement concerns the beneficiary drug coverage for disabled of first, second, third groups, veterans of World War II and Afghan War, liquidators of the Chernobyl accident ", - said Gulin.