Questions from citizens regularly come to the hotline 113 of the Mandatory Health Insurance Fund (FOMS), inquiring why it is impossible to request injections, including intravenous and intramuscular ones, at any medical organization, even at emergency services, during the evening hours. In response, FOMS provides clarifications on the procedure for providing planned medical care.
Representatives of the fund emphasized that emergency medical assistance is intended for urgent and emergency cases. Doctors and medical staff of emergency services do not have the authority to administer injections prescribed by a family doctor unless it is related to the patient's critical condition.
Hospitals, that is, inpatient facilities, are responsible for treating hospitalized patients. Emergency departments are designed to provide assistance to people in need of urgent or planned hospitalization. On-duty doctors and nurses are not authorized to perform medical procedures, including injections, for patients who are not being treated in that hospital.
Thus, the actions of emergency services and medical institutions in such situations comply with the law.
FOMS also reminds that there are day hospitals in Family Medicine Centers (FMC) where citizens can receive procedures such as drips and injections.
To access these services, it is necessary to follow a specific procedure: the citizen must be registered with the FMC and visit a family doctor who, if there are indications, will prescribe treatment, including injections, and issue a referral to the day hospital.
Insured individuals receive medical services at a 50% discount, while citizens without mandatory health insurance must pay the full cost of services.
The day hospital does not provide medications, syringes, or infusion systems.
FOMS urges citizens to consider the operational rules of medical institutions and to plan ahead for receiving medical procedures through their doctor.
If there are questions regarding the provision of medical services under the state guarantee program, citizens can contact the FOMS hotline at 113. The call is free.
