People diagnosed with diabetes in Moldova will receive free glucose meters, test strips and blood lancets to keep the condition in check. The kits will be distributed over the course of May and June through mail. To buy the kits, 25 million lei was allocated from the State Budget.
Health Minister Silvia Radu has told a press conference that until now sufferers had to buy the items included in the kit from pharmacies. The kits for insulin-dependent patients, some 19,000 in number, will contain a finger-prick glucometer, 1,200 test strips and 1,200 lancets; and the kits for insulin-independent patients, some 81,000 in number, will contain 100 tests and 100 lancets, in addition to the glucometer.
National Health Insurance director Tamara Andrușca said the kits are estimated to be a year’s supply.
The beneficiaries who will not receive the kits within two months, are asked to call the National Health Insurance Company’s toll-free helpline 080099999.