Pensioner from Crimea who appealed to Putin received the medicine she needed

A pensioner who reported during the "Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin" about the problem with the provision of medicines, received the medicine she needed. This was reported to "Izvestia" on December 19 in the Crimean Ministry of Health.

"The patient from the city of Kerch <...> on December 16, 2024 appealed to the hotline of the State Unitary Enterprise RK "Krym-Pharmacia" and on December 18 received the drug "Anastrazol", - stated in the message.

The agency added that the mentioned drug is available in the pharmacy network of the State Unitary Enterprise of the RK "Krym-Pharmacy", and the situation with preferential drug provision is under control of the Republican Ministry of Health.

"In the direction of "Oncology" in 2024 were purchased drugs with a total cost of 1 billion 189 million rubles", - stated in the message.

Earlier in the day during the "Results of the Year" the pensioner told Russian President Vladimir Putin that she last received drugs for free three months ago, and now she is forced to buy them with her own money.

Putin said during the "Results of the Year" that at the moment the funds for medicines are allocated in full. The problem is the timeliness of purchases. In addition, he also said that previously pharmacology was developed exclusively at the expense of budget funds, while today pharmaceutical companies have begun to invest their own resources in the development.

Earlier, on April 16, the government approved a resolution on indexation of the standard cost of drugs for beneficiaries by 7.4%. The increase in the indexation amount is necessary to recalculate the amount of funds, which are received by the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Due to this, according to the department's expectations, the regions will be able to additionally purchase medicines for privileged categories of citizens.