The paper reflects the state of the modern healthcare system and various enforcements of the right to medical care guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The right to health, as well as the provision of qualified, free, and timely health care, are among the most important and fundamental human rights. The paper also features some key enforcement problems concerning the right to health protection and medical care, guaranteed by Article 41 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, e.g. a lack of medical personnel, untimely provision of the first aid, and insufficient financing in the health care system. The article also considers the causes and consequences of "staff shortages" in Russian hospitals, employment of medical graduates, and financial support of young medical specialists. The author analyzes the equipment status of medical organizations in 2018 and 2016, voices the problem of optimization in healthcare institutions by reducing the inpatient level and expanding outpatient clinics, and offers statistics of complaints to the Department of Public Health on quality and timeliness of medical care. The author believes that the enforcement of the right of citizens guaranteed by Article 41 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation can be characterized as very low, which indicates the pretentiousness of the law.
Right To Health Protection in the Former-Soviet Constitutions: Constitutional and Legal Analysis
