According to the decision of Rinat Akhmetov, the Humanitarian Staff allocates all activities in the field of medicine into a separate program "We will help. Health "and launches a new project to help future mothers. Rimma Fil, coordinator of the humanitarian staff of Rinat Akhmetov, told a press conference today. 

Rimma Fil . 
"Realizing how important it is to provide medical assistance on a timely and qualitative basis, Rinat Akhmetov made a major decision to highlight the medical direction in the Humanitarian Headquarters in a separate program" We will help. Health, "says Rimma Fil . - The program is scheduled until the end of 2014. Further, we will make a decision depending on the humanitarian situation. To date, "Health" includes several areas: assistance to future mothers and toddlers, assistance to the elderly group and further work on targeted assistance. We see how much the need for medical care is in the area where hostilities take place. Not everyone can afford to buy medicines due to the lack of social benefits and salaries. In a critical situation - pregnant women who are not able to buy the belongings necessary for the birth. "

Within the framework of the program, all pregnant women living in Donetsk or Makeyevka, whose date of birth is scheduled to run until January 31, 2015, will receive assistance. Future mothers will be given a kit for a maternity leave - this is the most complete set, which includes everything necessary for mother, child and doctor in childbirth and postpartum period. According to the Humanitarian Headquarters, there are about 2,500 such women in the region.  

Pavel Lapin 
"Rinat Akhmetov set the task - every future mother in Donetsk should get a" Maternity Package ", - comments Pavel Lapin , coordinator of the program" Health ". - To receive the package, you must first register with the hotline number of the Headquarters 0 800 509 001 . The kit will be issued directly to pregnant women at the Donbass Arena stadium, starting in December. It is necessary to have a passport and an "exchange card" with the specified date of the proposed childbirth. All future mothers from Donetsk and Makeyevka will receive help, even those who will not be able to come to health. All questions can be clarified by the hotline operator. "  

The Health program united all the medical projects that the Headquarters had previously implemented, responding promptly to the needs of the region. This is the delivery of first aid kits, provision of insulin and targeted help with medicines upon request on the hotline. According to the Humanitarian Map of the situation and needs of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, the need for medical products is the most acute at the moment - 51% of people note the lack of medicines. Moreover, the greatest need for medications for the heart, from the pressure and in the insulin.  

The headquarters provided the Donetsk region with a sufficient amount of insulin, which is issued on the basis of a clinic in three cities, and is also delivered addressable, helping to survive people with insulin-dependent diabetes. In particular, in November-December, a vital drug will receive 2500 patients.  

In addition to addressing the delivery of medicines, Donbass was delivered in October to 100 thousand. units of medicines packed in 10 thousand First-aid kits for senior age groups and 1 thousand First-aid kits "mother and child". The headquarters continues to issue these first-aid kits right now.

In total, for September-October, the assistance of the Humanitarian Staff of Rinat Akhmetov received 18,232 people for an amount of more than 10 million hryvnias.