“Though the participants in the clean-up of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster complained to the Government about the problems that they face, more than a half of their problems cannot be saved this year as there is not enough money,” Tudor Capatana, the head of the Chernobyl Association, said at a meeting held on April 24, when it is 24 years of the accident, Info-Prim Neo reports. The Government recently decided that April 26 will be marked every year in Moldova as well. Those who had worked at the place of the accident will receive by a lump sum of 500 lei. The executive also promised to work out a more transparent mechanism for providing preferential loans to these persons so that they could improve the living conditions. Among the problems, Tudor Capatana mentioned the high costs of dental services. The Ministry of Health informed that 30 of the medications needed by the participants in the clean-up of the Chernobyl disaster have been included in the general list of drugs whose price is partly or fully covered by the state. But practically no such drugs have been released during the first four months of this year as there was no money, Tudor Capatana said. The persons who survived the disaster complain that no medical institution investigated how the radiation affected their children. Iulia Rotari, from Calarasi, said this year it is 11 years since he husband who had participated in the clean-up died. “I have two girls who have a weak health. Because of the radiation, one of them cannot have children, while the other one permanently needs medical treatment,” she said. A sum of about 7 million lei is needed to erect a monument to the victims of the Chernobyl accident in Valea Trandafirilor Park. According to Mayor of Chisinau Dorin Chirtoaca, 900 participants in the clean-up who live in Chisinau will receive financial assistance from the City Hall, besides the 500 lei provided by the Government. Also, the Chisinau administration granted four preferential loans for building houses, while seven children will be offered scholarships to study at the university this year. The participants in the meeting kept a moment of silence in honor of those who died, praying for them at a religious ceremony. According to the Chernobyl Association, about 3,500 Moldovan took part in the clean-up of the accident. Of them, 569 died, while 2,422 are disabled.