OREANDA-NEWS. On March 06, 2009 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, with its resolution, has approved a series of decisions which are to enable more qualitative assistance to those suffering from diabetes mellitus and to regulate a possibility to provide them with insulin.

Within nearest time protocols of rendering medical assistance for patients with diabetes mellitus will be approved. The MIA jointly with the other concerned central executive authorities will elaborate and approve an order of issuing receipt forms to obtain insulin. Besides, medical institutions will be determined on competitive basis, that are to distribute the medications, and jointly with the Ministry of Finance a procedure of reimbursement of expenses to chemists’ establishments in this issue will be elaborated.

An issue of control of quality of insulin will not remain without attention either. So, jointly with State Inspection on Control over Medical Goods the Ministry of Health will approve a procedure of control over the quality of insulin, compliance with transportation and storage requirements.

Besides, during a Govt’s session it is planned to make changes into the Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2009” with additional UAH 160 mn to ensure treatment of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus. The funds will also be allocated to form the register of patients with diabetes mellitus. It is necessary so that the local authorities could submit to the Ministry of Health and chemists branches the data concerning changes in the register every quarter by the 10 date of the following month.

On commenting the importance of adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers ordinance, the Minister of Health of Ukraine Vasyl Knyazevych announced: “The decision of the Government is a significant step in regulating the problem of providing those suffering from diabetes mellitus with insulin. Despite objective difficulties and sometimes destructive criticism we have to move forward and seek optimal ways to solve the problems”.