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Drug addicts in Russia can be fined or jailed for evading medical treatment

16:28 25/11/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed a law giving courts the right to oblige drug addicts and drug users to receive medical treatment and also introducing administrative punishment for evading treatment and rehabilitation.

Ukraine rejects laws permitting Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad

14:44 21/11/2013 On Thursday, the Ukrainian Parliament rejected all six bills that were designed to allow Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad.

Fines for smoking in public take effect in Russia

11:13 15/11/2013 Fines for smoking in public places came in effect on Friday. President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning smoking in public places and tobacco advertising on February 25.

Russian lawmakers do not rule out ban on free abortions

15:49 14/11/2013 Head of the Russian State Duma’s healthcare committee and former Labor and Social Development minister Sergei Klashnikov opposes a ban on free abortions, but does not rule out the possibility of such a bill passing, as it aims at spending cuts.

Prosecutors demand closure of smoking rooms in Sheremetyevo airport

12:55 25/10/2013 A court in Moscow region on October 29 will hear the prosecutors’ lawsuit against the Sheremetyevo International Airport, in which it demands the closing of smoking rooms in the airport’s terminals.

French lawmakers vote to tax energy drinks - report

14:44 24/10/2013 French lawmakers on Thursday voted to implement a tax on the sale of energy drinks, news channel BFM TV reports.

Human rights lawyers to sue UN over Haitian cholera outbreak – report

13:34 09/10/2013 Lawyers representing the interests of the victims of Haiti’s historic 2010 cholera outbreak vowed Wednesday to take the UN to court in New York in an effort to secure compensation for the thousands of lives lost and hundreds of thousands of illnesses endured as a result of the outbreak, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Russian surgeon stole heroin from drug mule's stomach – police

16:10 13/08/2013 A surgeon who operated on a drugs mule in an East Siberian town stole heroin from his stomach and was detained while high, regional police said Tuesday.

Russian farm fined over cancer-causing vegetables

15:43 04/07/2013 The management of a state farm in Russia has been fined more than 11 million rubles ($330,000) for using banned hazardous pesticides to grow vegetables that it then labeled as organically grown, the regional Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.

Drug users to be fined for refusing rehab

10:19 03/07/2013 The State Duma has adopted a bill in the first reading introducing administrative liability for drug users who shirk treatment and medical and social rehabilitation.

Charge added to fake cancer drug case

16:26 02/07/2013 Investigators in Russia's Rostov Region have charged the main defendant in a case involving the distribution of fake cancer drugs with creating a criminal group, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.

Moscow City Court calls for faster medical examination of arrested individuals

15:28 24/06/2013 The Moscow City Court has proposed developing a simplified procedure for Moscow hospitals to examine individuals who have been placed in custody and claim to have a serious condition, the court's Deputy Chairman Dmitry Fomin said at a roundtable on remand center medical examinations.

State Duma proposes mandatory risk warning for tattoo shop clients

16:18 24/05/2013 A group of State Duma lawmakers from the Liberal-Democratic Party have proposed legislation which will require tattoo shops to warn their clients of associated health risks.

Ministry proposes criminal liability for trade in transplant organs

15:58 16/05/2013 The Healthcare Ministry has proposed adding an article to the Criminal Code on liability for illegal trade in transplant organs.

Ambiguity in Swiss assisted suicide law constitutes rights violation – ECHR

16:28 14/05/2013 A lack of clarity in Switzerland’s assisted suicide law has risen to the level of a rights violation in the case of an elderly albeit healthy woman wishing to end her own life, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Wednesday.

Russia considers ban on organ donations by deceased orphans

14:29 29/04/2013 Parentless children will not be able to serve as organ donors after their death, according to a bill on organ transplantation sponsored by the Healthcare Ministry.

Medvedev: Smoking ban to save up to 200,000 lives a year

13:49 24/04/2013 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the ban on smoking in public places will help lower Russians' nicotine dependence and save up to 200,000 lives a year.

Healthcare Ministry allows HIV-positive adults to adopt children

11:32 23/04/2013 Russia's Healthcare Ministry is prepared to allow individuals who are HIV or hepatitis positive to adopt children.

Russian toddler given HIV-infected blood due to negligence

14:20 19/04/2013 An incident in which a toddler was given an HIV-infected blood transfusion was the result of negligence on the part of a St. Petersburg hospital’s staff, prosecutors said when announcing the preliminary results of their investigation on Friday.

Latvian government to cut mala fide taxpayers out of free healthcare program

17:37 16/04/2013 The Latvian government has approved the Healthcare Ministry's proposal to introduce a healthcare tax as part of the income tax.

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