Committee on ecological policy, natural resources and elimination of consequences of Chornobyl disaster recommends to the Verkhovna Rada to adopt draft law on amendments to Law of Ukraine

Committee on ecological policy, natural resources and elimination of consequences of Chornobyl disaster recommends to the Verkhovna Rada to adopt draft law on amendments to Law of Ukraine "On status and social protection of citizens affected by consequences the Chernobyl disaster" related to medical providing of children of liquidators of Chernobyl disaster consequences and people evacuated from the exclusion zone

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
Published on 07 June 2016, at 09:34

Project (№4540) proposed to include in the list of persons belonging to victims of the Chernobyl disaster, persons born from liquidators of Chernobyl disaster consequences and people evacuated from the exclusion zone who after reaching an adult age have not been referred to the categories fixed by article 14 of the Law Ukraine "On status and social protection of citizens affected by the Chernobyl disaster" (amendments to Article 11). It is also proposed to add to the basic law a new article 171, which introduces their annual medical examination, clinical examination and treatment in specialized hospitals.
During the discussion, it was noted in particular that today in Ukraine there live tens of thousands of people who were born from liquidators of Chernobyl disaster consequences and people evacuated from the exclusion zone who after reaching an adult age have not been referred to the categories fixed by article 14 of the Law Ukraine "On status and social protection of citizens affected by the Chernobyl disaster". However, we cannot say that such persons were not subjected to any radiation exposure. 30 years passed since Chernobyl disaster but we can only guess what effects of the next decade related to the accident on the health of children born from liquidators will occur. Definitely it can be stated that not only the first generation born from liquidators, but other generations will suffer the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. So today the state must create the conditions for monitoring of the health conditions of such persons.