Healthcare in Belarus

Healthcare in Belarus is supervised by the Ministry of Health and funded by general taxation through the National Health Service. Belarusian healthcare is cheap and easily available, although specialized care is rare.

The country has maintained the system of privileged medical service for senior government officials who are entitled to use the hospital of the Department of Presidential Affairs. It is also available to other patients, but they have to pay.

There is a network of day care clinics in the cities and mobile clinics in rural areas. There is a small private medicine sector, mostly dentistry. Some of the services provided by the state attract a charge.[1]

Since 1986, survivors of the Chernobyl disaster with medical repercussions have overwhelmed the system.[2]

Quality of care

Quality healthcare in Belarus is concentrated around urban areas, where purchasing powers are higher, leading to an inequality of health services in the rural areas.

In 1994 there were 127 hospital beds and forty-two doctors per 10,000 inhabitants. The country had 131,000 hospital beds at 868 hospitals.[3]

References
  1. "Health care system in Belarus". AP Companies. 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. http://www.europe-cities.com/en/633/belarus/health/
  3. http://countrystudies.us/belarus/23.htm
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