20 thousand persons with disabilities will be screened again in medical social expert commissions

BAKU/16.12.13/Turan : About 20 thousand Azerbaijani citizens with disabilities will undergo re- inspection in the medical - social expert commissions . The audits revealed that it has been inspected as many people , but still have not received the documents on disability.

As reported yesterday in an exclusive interview with a private TV channel ANS the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare Salim Muslimov voluntary resignation written 14 chairmen of district departments, now began checking violations and additions in the field. In eight interregional commissions, according to recent data , 2 300 persons with disabilities in Group 1 , and cancer patients receiving dialysis have been retested and received the relevant documents .

The Minister said that discusses the initiation of higher wages employees and managers MSEK receiving a maximum of 182 manats ( $ 230 ) a month - that low salary is the cause of numerous violations in this area.

In Azerbaijan, approximately 340 thousand 800 people receive a disability pension. Of 6.7% ( 23.4 thousand ) invalids of the first , 86% ( 292.1 million) - the second , 7.3% ( 25.3 million) - the third group. The country has 7,575 invalids of the first group on sight . - 17D-