Centar Municipality allocated 35,000 KM for pensioners' medication

As part of its continuous care for the elderly, especially those who are socially vulnerable, the Centar Municipality allocated 35,000 KM from its budget last year to the Centar Sarajevo Pensioners' Association to help with the purchase of medications not on the essential list, as well as for spa treatment for the Association's members, reports the BH News Agency Patria.

Thanks to these funds, 875 members of the Centar Pensioners' Association received subsidies in individual amounts of 40 KM for medication purchases. This type of assistance was disbursed several times throughout the year through commissioners from 15 local organizations of the Association operating in the local communities of the Centar Municipality.

Commissioners of the Centar Pensioners' Association visited sick and frail pensioners and delivered these funds. Each recipient of this subsidy was required to present pharmacy receipts, pension checks, and identification cards with their signature. In cooperation with the secretaries of the local communities of the Centar Municipality, the decisions of the Executive Board of the Centar Pensioners' Association regarding the disbursement of these subsidies are published on the notice boards of the local communities.

In addition to subsidizing the purchase of medications not on the essential list, the Centar Pensioners' Association also received 5,000 KM to implement the project "Healthcare Needs of Members of the Centar Sarajevo Pensioners' Association for 2014". The funds were used for ten-day spa treatment at "Reumal" in Fojnica for 11 pensioners.

The Centar Municipality has been allocating budget funds since 2006 to assist members of the Centar Pensioners' Association in accessing healthcare. For this purpose, 35,000 KM is also planned in the budget for 2015.