Ulaanbaatar
Health Minister reports at “Hour of Minister” meeting
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Health and Sport S.Lambaa gave a report at the “Hour of Minister” weekly meeting on Thursday about new laws passed in scope of the legal reforms in healthcare sector and some draft laws to be submitted to parliament.
The national consultation on hygiene to take place late June will give an opportunity to voice proposals to rules and regulations for implementing the newly-adopted law on health. The law on medicine and medical aid will come into force starting from June 3, 2016, the Minister said.
The cabinet meeting decided last Monday to submit to parliament a draft amendment to the law on crime which has been designed to soften the criminal punishment to be imposed upon medical workers who are found guilty in deaths of patients.
By the current law on crime passed in 2015, those medical workers who are guilty for causing damages to health and lives of people shall be punished with a fine of up to MNT 80 million, disqualification for up to three years or sentencing them to 2-8 years in prison, the Minister said. He added that the cabinet decided to submit to parliament a bill on libility insurance of medical staff.
