Doctor GKDC No. 1 in St. Petersburg prescribed an anticoagulant without a mandatory medical commission

The territorial body of the Federal Service for Supervision of Healthcare in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region issued a warning to the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution “City Consultative and Diagnostic Center No. 1”. Information about this is posted on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the published document, a local resident appealed to Roszdravnadzor. She said that the doctor of the City Consultative and Diagnostic Center No. 1 recommended her an anticoagulant that reduces blood clotting and reduces the risk of blood clots, a specific brand. But the medical commission for the appointment of the drug was not carried out, although it should have taken place.

According to the order of the Ministry of Health, the appointment of drugs that are not included in the standards of medical care or not provided for by clinical recommendations, as well as the appointment by trade names is possible only by decision of the medical commission. This is done in the presence of medical indications in patients.

Thus, the attending physician of SPb GBUZ "GKDC No. 1" recommended the patient to use a drug of a specific brand without conducting a medical commission for prescribing a drug.

The chief doctor of the City Consultative and Diagnostic Center No. 1 is the Founder of St. Petersburg State University "GKDC No. 1" is the Committee for Management of City Property of the Administration of St. Petersburg.