the Experiment to provide Muscovites with cystic fibrosis, compensation payments for drugs will be extended until 31 December 2021. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Moscow Government Presidium. The corresponding decree was signed by mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
the Experiment began in January of this year. Patients with cystic fibrosis can receive compensatory payment to buy in a drugstore the necessary medicines. For many patients to buy their own is more convenient than to obtain in the clinic.
to Participate in the experiment any patient with cystic fibrosis, in addition to those declared incompetent by a court.
484 Muscovites suffering from this disease, 115 people (24 per cent) have used their right to compensation. For the purchase of drugs paid 66,97 million rubles. Given the success of the experiment, the city decided to extend it for another year.