Opportunities to access equal health care services for people who are heavily disabled
- VernacularTitle:Хөгжлийн бэрхшээлтэй иргэдийн эрүүл мэндийн тусламж үйлчилгээнд тэгш хамрагдах боломж
- Author:
Munkh-Uchral D
1
;
Chuluundolgor B
;
Chimedsuren O
;
Erdenesambuu TS
;
Munkhbaatar S
Author Information
1. Bayanzurkh District Health Unit
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
disability;
wheelchair users;
ramp;
- From:Mongolian Medical Sciences
2011;158(4):36-40
- CountryMongolia
- Language:Mongolian
-
Abstract:
Background. There are at least 650 million people and one out or every 10 people worldwide has a disability. In Mongolia, around 128.000 people with disabilities and 12.000 are wheelchair users. Disabilities affect people in different ways. Causing trouble to their economy, their social life, mental and daily self care.The people with disabilities in Mongolia have much difficulties for their daily activities, have limited possibilities to be included in a health and social services equally and the status to become isolated from the society of them and their families are the invariable problem for them.Goal. To study and evaluate the daily embarrassments and problems of the disabled people and the standard medical environment for them.Results. The 55.8% were male and 4.2% were female of the participants in the survey 88.4% of them answered that they can use their wheelchairs in even land and square only. The 76.4% of the participants do not use public transportation and there is no road for the wheelchair users, no ramp is planned for the citizens with wheelchairs in service centers and organizations and so these are the facing problems for the disabled citizens in Mongolia.It demonstrates that the standard for the disabled citizens is not considered in the medical environmental standards seemingly from no ramp is planned for the citizens with wheelchairs in 92% of the hospitals, no elevator for the citizens with wheelchairs in 91% of the hospitals, 88% of the hospitals have not equipped their toilets with the equipments for the disabled citizens, and 91 % of the hospitals have not planned a room for the disabled citizens for the hospitals included in the surveys.Conclusions:1. Wheelchair users mostly dependent for daily and creative activities. Also they have limited social opportunities because there is no appropriate environment.2. Hospitals involved in the research showed that disabled people have limited health services, hospital environmental standard is not appropriate for them and 1,2 and 3 level of hospitals must setup infrastructure for the disabled people.
