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Photos and information about two children suffering from cancer are distributed on Facebook. Parents of 6-year-old Sadig and 14-year-old Khagani ask readers to collect money for the treatment of children, and give addresses of bank accounts...
The first part of Article 41 of the Constitution of Azerbaijan declares the right of a citizen of Azerbaijan to health care and treatment. The tenth article of the Law of Azerbaijan "On the protection of public health" says "Treatment of Azerbaijani citizens suffering from oncological diseases in state medical institutions is carried out at the expense of the state budget. Cancer patients who are at the final stage of the disease and have lost their social relations are held for a certain period in general-type medical institutions with state support."
In fact, not all cancers are treated in our country at public expense, even theoretically. In fact, you have to pay for each medical manipulation in the Baku Cancer Center. Details and sizes of bribes are listed in the article on the site "Mirror".
The second publication on this topic is called: "Price list for cancer patients in Azerbaijan: AZN 1,820 per day."
https://median.az/index.php?newsid=56101
"We have everything to support and treat cancer patients, thank God, today we have everything - medicines, equipment, and qualified doctors," said Azad Karimli, Oncologist Center. The doctor proposes not to believe the announcement of a public fundraising to help cancer patients, citing the example of a family that raised money for help, and left the country.
However, in the press there is a lot of evidence of actual extortion from citizens of funds for the treatment of cancer, in public clinics.
"During the initial examination, at least 500 manat are extorted from people suspected of having cancer, under various pretexts. To transfer the patient's medical card from one building to another, say, from the chemotherapy room to the attending physician, 20 manat is requested from the patient. One chemotherapy procedure costs the patient 300 manat. And since they are made more than once, every 21 days, that is, every three weeks, depending on the stage of the disease, from 3 to 8 times, and after a while the whole session should be repeated, imagine how much extortionists doctors receive . Radiation therapy is cheaper - the cost of 28 sessions is AZN 1, 000,"an article in Median.az reports.
Azad Kerimli, the chief oncologist of Azerbaijan, assures that the Baku Onco Center has all the drugs and conditions, and it is free of charge. However, the father of the sick girl Farman Imanguliyev explained that his daughter, who suffers from neuroblastoma, needs to travel to the United States because this disease is not treated in Azerbaijan. Treatment in America for a family cost 700-800 thousand US dollars.
In Azerbaijan, as well as throughout the world, lung cancer (in men) and breast cancer (in women) are most common. However, in the official and open websites of the Ministry of Education and the Oncology Center there is no information that several thousand citizens of the country receive free medical treatment annually at public expense.
The Ministry of Health has a "program of measures to provide cancer patients with essential drugs against tumors." The list of vital anticancer drugs and other drugs issued by cancer patients at the expense of the state in the framework of the "Program of measures for the supply of cancer patients with essential drugs against tumors," includes 229 drugs and medicines. Only these drugs are free of charge to citizens suffering from oncological diseases.
http://www.turan.az/ext/news/2019/2/free/Social/ru/78650.htm
Medical statistics reports that 4,000 -5,000 patients die from cancer every year in Azerbaijan. In 2018, there were nearly 45,000 people with cancer for ten million people in the country. Of these, 17,436 thousand people have been struggling with oncology for more than five years.
In 2019, according to the approved state budget, expenditures on health care will amount to 1.048 billion manat, which is 301 million manat more than last year. In 2019, about 33 million manat was allocated from the state budget of Azerbaijan for the treatment of oncology.
Why do cancer patients have to be treated at their own expense? An explanation for this phenomenon was given by the deputy director for medical work at the Oncological Clinic of the Medical University, associate professor Nasimi Gasimov:
- We have a state program on oncology, where patients receive treatment free. However, but for some of the studies that can only be done in the private medical sector or abroad, of course, patients will have to pay. However, drugs and medical services that are listed in the program list are free.
Lets" compare with the situation in neighboring countries. In Georgia, about nine thousand new cases of cancer are detected annually. The most common cancers in the country are breast and thyroid cancer. Today, in Georgia, the state funds 70% of the cost of chemotherapy, some expenses for hormone therapy, as well as radiation therapy and expensive drugs. However, there are services that are not funded by the state.
https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20190206/244219419/zhitelyam-tbilisi-pomogut-v-lechenii-raka.html
The Armenian state undertakes part of the costs for inpatient treatment of oncological diseases in children. In January 2019, the head of the Ministry of Health of Armenia stated that operations under the state order for cancer diseases would be carried out free of charge. This was followed by criticism that the state would not be able to pay fully for such expensive services.
"We calculated that we could take on the burden of surgical operations. We would like to bear the costs associated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, but we understood that it was too heavy a burden and that we could not lift this barbell. Therefore, this year we raised the "barbell" that we could. Next year, with an increase in the budget, we will definitely turn to the issues of chemotherapy and radiation therapy," the minister explained.
As for pediatric oncology, Torosyan admitted the fact that in 30% of cases, parents prefer to organize the treatment of children abroad. For children undergoing treatment in Armenia, the state pays for a course of chemotherapy, but without drugs. "At least, catheters and other accessories are not required from parents to pay for the ward," the minister said. This year, 50 million drams (100 thousand dollars) were allocated to finance state orders for the treatment of cancer in Armenian children.
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