At the meeting on Thursday, the Government approved a special prosthetics procedure for persons who were injured or injured during hostilities. According to the Minister of Labor and on social issues of Mesrop Arakelyan, the special procedure for prosthetics for citizens who were injured during the war in Artsakh unleashed by Azerbaijan are envisaged. "This proceeds from the need to provide wounded by more functional prostheses, the most relevant to all international criteria," said Arakelian. He noted that, according to the current regulation, the persons who need prosthetics appear to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, on the basis of the conclusion The medical and technical commission is provided by the certificate for which they can acquire a prosthetic.
The current regulation and criteria do not allow to acquire more functional prostheses, and therefore proposes the creation of a more multifunctional profile commission instead of medical and technical, with the possibility of attracting international experts, he added.
Such a commission will take into account not only the state of health, but also the environment of residence and specialty so that the prosthesis is developed, taking into account the individual capabilities, the place of residence, work, circumstances, drives the car or there is a given person, and other aspects. "On the basis of estimates, the needs for each case will be a request to international partners, with which there are already preliminary agreements and the individual criteria for prostheses will be taken, after which prosthetics will be held on the basis of the certificates provided," said Arakelian, noting that on existing legislation, disability methodology It is based only on health issues, in connection with which the ministry will soon offer legislative changes to transition to a system for assessing functional needs, and not just health issues.
According to Arakelyan, after evaluating the needs will be drawn up with an estimate, and if there is no sufficient budget funds, the possibilities of attracting other resources will be discussed ..