The State Medical-Social Expertise and Rehabilitation Agency under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population assigned disability to 19.4 thousand people during January-May of this year.
This was reported to elchi by the ministry.
It was stated that 8.6 thousand of them were assigned initial disability, and 10.8 thousand were assigned re-disability.
Disability assessment is carried out through an electronic system, based on the information in the referrals entered into the e-system by the healthcare institution.
After the disability assignment, social payments for disability are assigned proactively through the e-system.