According to the latest data of the Health Insurance and Reinsurance, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the waiting list for prescribed therapy in the Solidarity Fund, is 1,049 patients.
It is a figure after Sarajevo Canton and Bosnian-Podrinje Canton (BDP) cared for their patients in a way that their health insurance institutes set aside money for medication. The many years of oncological patients from other cantons continued.
On their own self and help.Ba, the sufferers battle for a living every day and hope that the government of FBiH will be mercy and finally, to comply with the law she just brought, and who would resolve the issue of waiting lists of the hardest patients.
Recall, the Federal Government has set aside KM 77 million for this year for the Solidarity Fund, in which the Government of Solidarity is mandatory to pay the same amount of funds to be paid on the basis of mandatory health insurance.
This means that, the FBiH government, according to Prim. dr. Fikreta Operete, Deputy President of the Association of Patients from Malignant Melanoma in the FBiH, in the Solidarity Fund, should be paid by 250 million KM.
– With 250 million marks of contributions and the same amount of money, which the government should have paid, all oncological patients in the Federation would be disposed of what the “Death List” would be closed. Unfortunately, our institutions do not work their business, starting from the Federal Parliament, through the Government, the Federal Ministry of Health, to the Institute – the operator points out.
But the criminal authorities and the cantonal authorities who say, should be seen on the KS and BPK, and to help with their insured people as much as possible. – I call on the streets, and seek their basic human rights – and that is the right to treat. The Cantonal Institute is full of money, but their authorities have no empathy towards patients. Just look at what their buildings look like, invest in glass buildings and furniture, and they let patients die on waiting lists – stresses operate.
But the Cantonal Ministry of Health and Health Insurance Devices are defending that they do not have a legal basis for that, but the funds of the powerful HP by the Health of Zenica-Doboj Canton (ZDK) dr. Aida Salčinović, according to which there is no legal basis in how Cantons could help oncological patients .- I understand that the same law is valid for KS, but it is not clear how they did. The way KS did this, in ZDK, it was not possible to implement. Also, the KS has a far bigger Budget from the ZDK – highlights Salčinović.
The Minister adds that for the next week (May 28th), the Round St. The Health Cantonal Ministers were announced. – There are many open issues, and one of them is the financing of oncological patients on the waiting lists that should be resolved. – says Salčinović.
Hope that the waiting lists will be abolished, somewhat in September last year, streamed in the Federal Parliament, in the way that oncological patients, which are on the sign of the Solidarity Fund, enable the treatment through the Cantonal Health Insurance Institutes.
The initiative never found itself on the agenda of the Federal Parliament.
Alma Kratina (DF), MPs in the FBiH Parliamentary House, says the process of financially powerful KS crumb in numerous problems that pressed Health in the FBiH.
– It is a permanent problem and this government, but I would say that we now have another retrograde step back, when it comes to the Federal Ministry of Health, which does not show any intention to appreciate any initiatives coming from representatives and citizens’ associations. We hear that from time to time, only when it comes to the appointment of the director of KCUS. At that example, the huge irresponsibility of those who are in the places of decision can be seen. As the FBiH Government may allow the KCUS to have no resolved issues of management and the chelni man. It is the best indication that they do not take care of sick citizens at all – emphasizes kratin. Adds that there is no indication that the Federation will receive a new health insurance law, writes Bosnia info.
– We are all clear that the existing law hides terrible discrimination against citizens, given that constitutional jurisdiction, when it comes to health and social issues, both cantons and the Federation. Canton has no responsibility to justify if there is no money, and the issue of central procurement should have long been resolved at the federal level, citizens do not want to do this for well-known reasons, such as pharmaceutical lobby, but also other things – Kratin.
Health reform in the FBiH would solve at least some questions, but she, according to Kratina, hasn’t even started.
– We will seek additional funds for the Solidarity Fund for the next year, but by what Prime Minister Niksic sent that the remainment of the Canton, although we testify to huge debiters, which are also a mystery and non-transparent. It is not a secret that citizens are left to themselves, and it is known whose responsibility is – federal governments – Kratin concluded.
