Humanitarian sector
Health care
The main goal in the field of health care for the city's population is to ensure conditions for improving the health of all segments of the population, extending life expectancy, and promoting a healthy lifestyle among the population.A number of laws contribute to the effective operation of the sector, in particular, dated 22.02.2000 No. 1489-III "On Psychiatric Care", dated 06.04.2000 No. 1645-III "On Protection of the Population from Infectious Diseases", dated 05.10.2000 No. 2026-III "On Resorts", dated 26.04.2001 No. 2402-III "On Childhood Protection", dated 05.07.2001 No. 2586-III "On Combating Tuberculosis".
3466.75 people work in the city's medical and preventive institutions. The average salary in the sector is UAH 247.07.
The charitable organization "Municipal Hospital Fund" continues its work; on the basis of current legislation, it ensures the inflow of extra-budgetary funds into the city's medical and preventive institutions.
In 2003, more than 20 thousand patients were treated in inpatient facilities.
Ambulance station teams responded to almost 50 thousand calls. More than 2000 births were delivered at the clinical maternity hospital.
In the city's polyclinics, therapeutic districts operate on the family doctor model.
To improve dispensary observation of women of childbearing age, obstetrician-gynecologist positions have been introduced in the city's polyclinics (by reducing these positions accordingly in the women's consultation clinic).
Work was carried out with insurance companies to introduce voluntary medical insurance.
A number of measures were taken to improve the landscaping of territories and repair the facades of buildings of the city's medical and preventive institutions.
Measures were completed to prepare for work in the autumn-winter period of 2003-2004.
Due to insufficient funding, the issue of providing preferential categories of citizens with free medicines remains unresolved. This problem is particularly acute for patients with diabetes.
The goal of the city's healthcare sector in 2004 will be to preserve the achieved potential of medical care. This will be based on timely and high-quality medical care accessible to every city resident, with gradual approximation to world standards of its quality.
Priority areas have been identified.
These are primary health care; development of family medicine; emergency and ambulance medical care, care for pregnant women and children, urgent medical care for sudden illnesses and injuries; prevention of infectious diseases, implementation of other measures and programs financed from the budget.
In the future, work will continue on expanding the inflow of extra-budgetary funds: contractual principles, sponsorship, charitable and humanitarian assistance, self-financing, and investment.
Close cooperation with insurance companies engaged in voluntary medical insurance, which should be considered a promising area for expanding the volume and quality of medical care and attracting extra-budgetary funds. Popularize this activity among the city's enterprises and citizens.
Improving the work of the city dental polyclinic with a shift in emphasis toward expanding its self-financing activities, as well as expanding self-financing activities in other city medical and preventive institutions.
Taking into account the base of day hospitals at polyclinics, improve the selection of patients for treatment in them.
Restructure all health education work based on the capabilities of modern mass media. For polyclinic doctors, shift the work from treating patients to improving their health with extensive use of traditional and non-traditional methods, taking into account their individual preferences, especially among privileged categories of citizens.
Continue work to improve the system of providing medical care on the family doctor model.
Continue work on implementing the national program for combating arterial hypertension, "Children of Ukraine", combating tuberculosis, "Diabetes Mellitus", etc.
Conduct active outreach work on the need for the public association "Let's Help Ourselves" to function in the city and improve the forms of its activity.
Close cooperation with medical institutions of various forms of ownership.
Ensuring an accessible range and operating hours of pharmacy institutions.
Strengthen the responsibility of managers and employees for the use of funds, medicines, property, and fuel.