Zafarkandi: We must protect the damage of exchange rate changes in the field of health

According to Mehr news agency, quoted from And thenMohammad Reza Zafar KhandiIn a meeting with the members of the Board of Directors of the Association of Private Hospitals, he stated: The private sector carries more than 75% of the burden of the country's medical services in the outpatient field and 15-20% in the inpatient field and plays a valuable role in the health field.

Pointing out that the challenges of this sector must be solved step by step, he added: “Some problems are big, but if we cannot solve all the challenges at once, we should not lose the small components as well.”

The Minister of Health continued: “Now we are changing the direction in the field of health, the main axes of which include the implementation of the program law and moving towards the referral system and the family doctor.”

He also emphasized that the tariff of the private sector should be determined on the basis of the actual cost and the actual price in order to provide the possibility of continuing the services of this sector, and said: What was repeatedly discussed in the meetings we had with the medical doctor is this. that the path of family medicine and the referral system be organized, and anyone who wants to go through the government path, can take this path, and anyone who does not want to, can receive services in the private sector, this is where the private sector tariff should be at the real price be defined

Zafar Khandi Referring to the effect of exchange rate on the field of treatment, he added: We must think of measures so that health services are not damaged by exchange rate changes. In this regard, several scenarios should be anticipated.