Joint admissions of Russian and Belarusian participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War to sanatoria took place in May, the Republican Centre for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population informed a BELTA correspondent.
Joint admissions of Russian and Belarusian participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War to sanatoria took place in May, the Republican Centre for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population informed a BELTA correspondent.
Veterans were given the opportunity to rest and receive treatment in sanatorium-resort organisations in Belarus (Sosnovy Bor Sanatorium Branch, Chabarok Sanatorium) and Russia (Cardiology Sanatorium Centre "Peredelkino" CJSC). The organisation of joint admissions to health resorts is aimed not only at providing medical and health improvement assistance but also at strengthening the ties between veteran organisations of Belarus and Russia. Participants and disabled veterans of the war are sent to the best sanatoria that have the relevant licenses, certificates, and experience in working with this category of citizens. When selecting health resorts, consideration is given to accommodation, catering, treatment, leisure activities, and the scope of medical services.
According to specialists, since 2002, the Standing Committee of the Union State, together with the Republican Centre for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population, has been implementing measures to organise sanatorium-resort treatment for Great Patriotic War veterans and children from the areas of Belarus and Russia most affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster.
Thus, in 2002-2015, 5,775 children and 1,522 participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War residing in Belarus were provided with vouchers. Over 3,000 participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War residing in the Russian Federation received sanatorium-resort treatment services in the sanatorium-resort organisations of our country, and over 7,000 children residing in the radionuclide-contaminated territories of the Tula, Kaluga, and Bryansk regions of Russia also underwent health improvement. Annually, young residents of the affected districts of the Gomel, Brest, and Mogilev regions undergo a health improvement course in the Krasnodar Territory, and children residing in the contaminated territories of the Russian Federation receive sanatorium-resort treatment services in Belarusian children's rehabilitation and health improvement centres "Zhemchuzhina", "Svitanak", and branches of "Belagrozdrawnitsa" sanatoria.