All planned operations are carried out at the expense of the state.
Despite the war, the rules of conducting planned operations in Ukraine have not changed – to perform the operation free of charge, you need to get an e-referral from a family doctor or doctor, and find an institution that continues to conduct relevant operations in wartime, according to the National Health Service of Ukraine. >
“Free planned operations are performed by institutions that have concluded an agreement with the National Health Insurance Fund in the areas of” Surgical operations in inpatient conditions “,” One-day surgery “. However, during martial law, only those institutions that have the resources to conduct planned operations can do so. For up-to-date information on the regions where the planned operations are being carried out, call 16-77, “the service said. surgery.
You also need to tell your doctor how to prepare for surgery and how to recover:
- how much time you will need to spend in the hospital;
- how much – to be in bed;
- what are the limitations in lifestyle;
- what help will be needed during recovery;
- when you can start an active life again .
NSZU emphasizes that the service pays hospitals for the full range of services necessary for the patient:
- surgery and anesthesia; li>
- instrumental and laboratory tests;
- medicines from the National List of Medicines and Consumables;
- postoperative round-the-clock medical and nursing care, anesthesia, drug therapy;
- hospital nutrition;
- medical rehabilitation in the acute period to prevent postoperative complications.
< At the same time, the patient needs to take care of personal belongings that he will need both in the hospital and in another city, if the operation requires going to another region.
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We will remind, on March 20, 2022 by the order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine №507 in Ukraine the ban on carrying out planned hospitalizations and operations was lifted.
However institutions should stop providing planned hospitalization services when:
– loading more than 70% of the bed stock of the therapeutic profile;
– loading more than 50% of the bed stock of the surgical profile;
– by decision of the structural units for health care of military a administrations, taking into account the tactical situation.
