In a country where citizens shell out large sums of money for health insurance, tens of thousands of people still wait years for basic medical interventions. During that time, the President of Serbia proposed populist and long-term unsustainable measures. Is there a cure for endless waiting lists?
According to World Bank data, in 2002, more than 72 percent of all healthcare costs in Serbia were paid with "state" money (budget, health insurance), 24 percent from citizens' pockets, and the rest from other, mostly international, sources. In the period from 2006 to 2012, public funds covered about 62 percent of health-related costs. After 2012 and the establishment of a new government, there is a further decrease in the participation of public funds in health care financing, with a record low in 2017, when only 57 percent of health costs were covered by funds from public sources, and citizens paid 41 percent out of their own pockets.
A year had to pass since the installation of three bypasses, so I can try to describe the experience of a few weeks in the arms of Serbian healthcare. There I watched in amazement how ordinary people every day, few in number and in terrible conditions, poorly paid and insufficiently respected, do real feats to bring back their loved ones and society in usable condition. At a time when we are witnessing the unimaginably evil actions of some health workers, I think it is in the vital public interest that we do not identify the "white coats" with such atrocities and that we be ready to see those among them who, despite the inhuman environment, still shine with humanity.
The elections are the last chance for the same people to stop changing in the seats of power, to look at the truth in the eyes of where Serbia is in relation to the neighborhood in the region, and construction with incorporation is replaced by shortening hospital lists and building infrastructure for the benefit of all citizens. And if you are fine, as they would say in Peščanik, then nothing
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