Media Review - May 17, 2019

The development of the country's health care, the situation in the banking sector, and the situation in the service sector are the topics of today's media.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the development of the country's health care. The author deals with the topic of mandatory health insurance (MHI) and reports about pilot projects in the Yevlakh, Mingachevir and Agdash districts.

In the territory covering a population of 340 thousand people, about 30 thousand displaced people are provided with free medical care.

On the territory where pilot projects are being operated, the number of those who visited ambulance stations and polyclinics amounted to 1.1 million people. Operations have been performed on 37 children, due to which they were able to avoid disability. The result of these pilot projects was that 88% of the population of Mingechevir, 79% of Yevlakh people and 86% of Agdash people supported the use of MHI.

The website Yenisabah.az writes about the situation in the banking system, giving a list of banks with risk.

In the first quarter of 2019 in terms of risk assets, the position of banks leaves much to be desired. A large number of such assets can lead to a bank crash. The author explains the origin of such assets. The most risky are such banks as AG Bank, Bank of Baku, and Access Bank.

The website Marja.az writes about the situation with the company Aztrank operating in the communication system, which ceased operations since February 2019, without informing its subscribers. People cannot use phones that start with the number 437, although subscribers have been requested a charge for 6 months in advance. The author tells in detail about the confusion reigning there and the situation in which the subscribers found themselves. This once again confirms that the rules in the communication system are imperfect.