CONSOLIDATED REPORT
General provision
One of the main human
rights is the right of citizens
to the protection of health
and medical care. The
Constitution of the Republic
of Kazakhstan stipulates
these rights and guarantees
the protection of health
and the provision of free
medical care, and the Code
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
“On People’s Health and
Healthcare System” specifies
this right more fully.
Fulfillment
of
the
constitutional rights of the
citizens of Kazakhstan to
the protection of health,
quality medical care and
state benefits is one of the
main streams of the state
healthcare policy.
In
2018,
the
NPM
members organized 79 visits
to healthcare organizations
in the regions of Kazakhstan,
including:
TB dispensaries, hospitals
and TB offices – 22;
psychiatric hospitals – 37;
narcological hospitals – 20.
Compared to 2017, when
107 institutions were visited,
the number of institutions
visited decreased which is
123
associated with the reduction
in funding. And in 2016
there were 167 visits, i.e. for
2 years the number of visits
decreased by more than 2
times.
79
reports
with
recommendations developed
by NPM members from 15
regions of the Republic of
Kazakhstan were studied,
summarized and analyzed.
The conducted analysis of
the reports uncovers and
shows a real picture of the
situation with human rights
in institutions under the
mandate of NPM, reporting
to the Ministry of health.
Assessment of the
situation
NPM members in the
course of preventive visits
to healthcare institutions
in 2018 did not discover
any specific (proven) cases
and facts of torture in these
institutions. At the same time
a number of issues related to
the violation of human rights
were identified.
NPM members noted that
one half of the institutions
reporting to the Ministry
of health, visited by the
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