A comprehensive medical examination of WWII veterans will be completed in the Vitebsk region by April 1st

March 22, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo – BELTA /. A comprehensive medical examination of disabled persons and participants of the Great Patriotic War will be completed in the Vitebsk region by April 1, the deputy head of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Healthcare Department, Sergey Tsirkin, told a BELTA correspondent. During the examinations, which are conducted in outpatient clinics, individual medical rehabilitation programs are developed, regulating medical, drug, and sanatorium-resort treatment, as well as prosthetics and hearing aid fitting. If necessary, hospitalization is carried out. To improve inpatient care for veterans, 207 wards for disabled persons of the Great Patriotic War with 467 beds have been allocated in the region's hospitals. According to data from the beginning of the current year, 6,735 disabled persons and participants of the Great Patriotic War lived in the Vitebsk region. In 2009, 26 participants of the Great Patriotic War and families of the deceased improved their housing conditions, and 400 people received assistance in repairing houses, apartments, and outbuildings. The issues of providing veterans' housing with telephones have been fully resolved in the region. -0-