Half Belarusians underwent medial check-up dated for Year of Health
Medical workers visit people at home to invite them to a check-up, said the chief physician of Minsk city polyclinic #4 in an interview with ERB. About half Belarusians have undergone the obligatory medical check-up this year, claim doctors in Minsk policlinics. Let us remind you that the check-up is an innovation of 2008, the Year of Health in Belarus.
According to the chief physician of Minsk policlinic #4, medical workers personally invite people to undergo the check-up:
“There are about 28 thousand people visiting our policlinic and about 15 thousands have undergone the medical check-up. We have distributed leaflets to people’s flats and we are giving them out at the registry and during surgery hours… Medical workers visit patients at home and invite them to undergo the check-up to reveal any chronic ailments at an early stage”.
According to the doctor, young people refuse to do it most often. The others come eagerly:
“People are eager to undergo the medical check-up to reveal any chronic ailments at an early stage. There are not many people refusing to do it. Most of them are young and think they are healthy enough. People who are more responsible, for example those who are over 30, come to the policlinic eagerly”.
Obligatory = compulsory?
Nobody will be able to force you if you do not want to undergo the medical check-up. It is compulsory only for students, entrants and people looking for a job.
You may be refused a job because of your health problems but everyone has a right to acquire higher education – be it a healthy or an ill person, said Larysa Kusava, the deputy chief physician of students’ policlinic #33 in an interview with ERB:
“According to the law on higher education, everyone has a right to acquire higher education. There is no article limiting somebody’s opportunity to enter a higher educational institution…”
According to Kusava, there is a list of diseases that are not recommended while studying certain professions:
“There are such lists but it is just a recommendation. Doctors should recommend professions that would not harm the student’s health”.
However, studying and working are different things. Nobody can forbid you to enter a university even if the profession is not really good for your health. However, you may not find placement after graduation.
According to the chief physician of Minsk policlinic #4, medical workers personally invite people to undergo the check-up:
“There are about 28 thousand people visiting our policlinic and about 15 thousands have undergone the medical check-up. We have distributed leaflets to people’s flats and we are giving them out at the registry and during surgery hours… Medical workers visit patients at home and invite them to undergo the check-up to reveal any chronic ailments at an early stage”.
According to the doctor, young people refuse to do it most often. The others come eagerly:
“People are eager to undergo the medical check-up to reveal any chronic ailments at an early stage. There are not many people refusing to do it. Most of them are young and think they are healthy enough. People who are more responsible, for example those who are over 30, come to the policlinic eagerly”.
Obligatory = compulsory?
Nobody will be able to force you if you do not want to undergo the medical check-up. It is compulsory only for students, entrants and people looking for a job.
You may be refused a job because of your health problems but everyone has a right to acquire higher education – be it a healthy or an ill person, said Larysa Kusava, the deputy chief physician of students’ policlinic #33 in an interview with ERB:
“According to the law on higher education, everyone has a right to acquire higher education. There is no article limiting somebody’s opportunity to enter a higher educational institution…”
According to Kusava, there is a list of diseases that are not recommended while studying certain professions:
“There are such lists but it is just a recommendation. Doctors should recommend professions that would not harm the student’s health”.
However, studying and working are different things. Nobody can forbid you to enter a university even if the profession is not really good for your health. However, you may not find placement after graduation.
