Free Healthcare for University and High School Students

Mladi.info

20 January 2006

Ombudspersons Jovanovic, Muhibic and Raguz

The Ombudspersons of the B&H Federation, Vera Jovanovic, Esad Muhibic and Branka Raguz, reccomended the Federal Ministry of ducation and all cantonal education ministries in the Federation to secure free access to primary healthcare to all university and high school students, a right guaranteed by the federal Law on Healthcare.

The Ombudspersons received numerous complaints by parents of school-age children in 2005, who were charged for every visit to the doctor or provide that the health system books were certified for each individual test.

The Ombudspersons recommend that the right to free healthcare for children is secured through obligation for the Cantonal ministries to stamp the healthcare books of school children and university students on the basis of a certificate issued by the schools and other educational institutions.