The seriously ill resident of Baksana obtained subsidized medications through the prosecutor's office.

Doctors provided subsidized medications to a seriously ill resident of Baksana after the intervention of the prosecutor's office, the agency reported. Other residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, commenting on this report on social media, also complained about the problem of medication supply and demanded punishment for those responsible for violating patients' rights.

According to the prosecutor's office, the resident of Baksana filed a complaint with the agency stating that he could not obtain subsidized medications. He suffers from a serious illness and requires constant supportive therapy, but the medical organization initially claimed there was an insufficient quantity of one of the medications, and prescriptions for other medications were not issued in a timely manner.

The prosecutor's office demanded that the violations be rectified, after which the resident of Baksana received the necessary medications. "In this regard, the prosecutor's office submitted a proposal to the head of the institution. As a result of its consideration, the man was provided with the necessary medications," the agency stated on its website on October 16.

A post about the resident of Baksana having to contact the prosecutor's office to obtain subsidized medications was published on October 16 by chp.nalchik, which has about 529.4 thousand followers. As of 13:40 Moscow time on October 17, this post received 287 likes and 40 comments.

Other residents of the republic also complained in the comments about problems obtaining subsidized medications.

"I also need to complain to the prosecutor's office, my child has type 1 diabetes, insulin dependence. Since the first of August, we have not received either 4 mm needles, or Libra Link, or strips. What should I do? I don't know. The child is an orphan, I am a grandmother. I am very tired. I have written to the Ministry of Health so many times, and there is no result," complained zannasavaeva06128.

"Insulin is not issued in Nartkal, strips for the glucometer have not been provided for six months, people are forced to buy medications that should be given for free, they say they are not available," wrote zi.ta2398.

"My mother is constantly having her insulin changed... There are constantly no pills that she needs... I won't even mention test strips... We have already bought 4 types of glucometers just to get at least one type, but in the end, we almost always buy them ourselves," shared ksenia050714.

Other commentators demanded that those responsible for violating patients' rights be held accountable. "Do we really have to push a person to this? It's inhumane," exclaimed raya40423.

"I am amazed by the workers who, knowing and understanding that they are violating the law, do not issue medications according to the law and force the patient to buy them themselves. Why should one have to go through the prosecutor's office to get what is due? They need to be punished by being removed from their positions. Maybe then they will start working as they should," wrote sveta_313.

"The Caucasian Knot" also reported that residents of Kabardino-Balkaria regularly complain about the problem of medication supply. For example, on October 30, 2020, a resident of Nalchik, Taisia Doroshenko, reported that she receives insulin for free but is forced to buy expensive test strips at her own expense. Another local resident, Ekaterina Volnova, stated that she was previously given the necessary medications, but then they started offering domestic analogs instead of imported drugs, so she refused subsidized medications and chose a cash compensation.