This summer has happened to be scorching, and, I am sure, not only analysts of the Meteorologist Office can confirm it. Yet, the hotel complex ‘Russkaya Okhota’ (Russian Hunt), which is situated in an incredibly picturesque and hospitable location near the city of Samara, hosted an event for federal experts of the All-Russian Public Organization of Disabled People with MS (All-Russian MS Society) who felt hot for reasons far from those caused by weather extremes.
This follows from many reports coming from regions. This time, our colleagues marked this occasion on 26 May 2010, while having this as an opportunity to solve their own problems always plenty and important.
Over 10 Russian patient organizations, which include people with mucoviscidosis, multiple sclerosis, hemophilia, Gaucher’s disease, oncohematologic diseases, pituitary nanism established the All-Russian Union of Patient Associations.
Samara region will see the activities of medical training with pharmaceutical companies involved put in order
18 November 2009
The Health and Social Development Minister of the Samara region and Deputy Chair of the region Government Vadim Kulichenko reported this on 16 November during the Second Regional Conference with international participants involved that was dedicated to topical issues of medical ethics.Within the conference frames, representatives of the healthcare community tackled upon the crucial and burning current problem of interrelations between physicians and profit agencies representatives, particularly, pharmaceutical companies and business producers of medical engineering. The meeting participants pointed out that the issue is significant for final consumers of medical services, since their interests may be violated while they receive quality and accessible (in all senses) medical and medicinal assistance.
Nonprofit organizations in Russia are basically unable to influence the development of draft laws. That was the argument of Sergei Kolesnikov, the Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, at the Round Table on issues of normative legal supporting for nonprofit organizations to participate in making the government policy in healthcare.