When a patient needs to determine the condition of the chest organs, he may be referred for a computed tomography. In Ukraine, this procedure can be passed completely free of charge.. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

In particular, this may be a situation where it is impossible to conduct a PCR test for coronavirus, the presence of respiratory failure or the existence of concomitant pathologies and cases of a negative PCR test and the general serious condition of the patient..

What you need for a free CT scan - instructions from the Ministry of Health.

The patient should seek medical advice from their family or healthcare professional. If the doctor sees such a need, then he writes out an e-referral to the patient for examination. The document, which can be obtained on a smartphone, indicates only the service code and information about the institution and the doctor who created this E-direction.

Next, the patient chooses a medical institution that provides outpatient care under a contract with the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU). Thus, a hospital or polyclinic should provide services under the package "

Having contacted such a clinic and asked if there is a CT scanner (tomograph) and a doctor who can do it, the patient must make an appointment for an examination and come at a certain time for a free CT scan..

If the patient is being treated in a hospital, then all the necessary examinations included in the corresponding package of services are carried out immediately in the hospital where he was hospitalized. The hospital has everything it needs to provide appropriate care.

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Peak loads on the domestic health care system will fall in the second half of November, says the chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Igor Kuzin.