Pursuing the cancellation of the discriminatory directive against physiotherapy centers and other medical institutions

According to Fars news agency’s health reporter, Ahmad Moeznzadeh, the head of Iran’s Physiotherapy Scientific Association, said regarding the strict measures taken by the Ministry of Health after the fire that happened in Sina Athar Limited Surgery Center, he said: “After that incident, Issuance of licenses for establishment and technical responsibility and renewal of licenses for medical institutions and treatment centers were strictly enforced; including the requirement to obtain a safety certificate from the labor department to the issuance of a safety and fire certificate, as well as the approval of the elevator standard.

He added: It should be mentioned that the elevator is one of the common features of a building. That is, if we operate in an apartment unit located in the same building, if all units are not required to do this, it is not correct and logical, and it is an example of discrimination, that we allocate the costs of elevator standardization to one or two units that have their activity license from the Ministry. They take health, let’s limit it.

Mouzenzadeh emphasized: The point that exists is that the problems that have existed due to the lack of safety equipment and lack of attention to standardization in medical institutions must be addressed and people’s safety must be provided, but it must be done with a realistic view within a certain time frame. be timed and done in a comprehensive and step-by-step manner.

He added: It is an example of discrimination to make these rules compulsory only for a group of members of the medical community, which includes institutions and centers that receive their activity license from the Ministry of Health.

Moazenzadeh said: In March 1401, we witnessed the issuance of a strange circular from the Ministry of Health. Based on the fact that the issuance of the activity license of medical institutions and centers should be done only in places whose use is medical. This issue creates several problems; First of all, from a legal point of view, according to Note 24, Article 55 of the Law on Municipalities approved in 1334 and the Law of the Parliament of 1366 regarding the activities of doctors and medical professionals, the activities of medical centers and institutions in private and rented residential or commercial buildings are allowed. has been

The head of the Scientific Physiotherapy Association of Iran added: On the other hand, according to the law on the formation of the medical system organization approved in 2003, the possibility that medical professionals who are members of the medical system organization can work in residential areas has been fully proven and accepted, so doctors, dentists, pharmacists and licensed groups Medical facilities such as midwifery, physiotherapy, optometry, nutrition, etc. and medical institutions such as laboratory and radiology are allowed to operate in residential or commercial premises owned or rented.

He continued: In March, it was required that medical centers and institutions in places that are purely for treatment are allowed to receive establishment permits, although it is a problem from a legal point of view, it cannot be done from a practical point of view, because we have this amount. We do not have a property with medical use in the country, and a difficult and impossible task has been included for our colleagues, which has had no result other than stopping the establishment of new centers!

Mouzenzadeh added: This work should be done from the ground up and with long-term planning, in such a way that according to the detailed plans of the municipality, the land with therapeutic use is considered, and in the second stage, in the land with therapeutic use, the property with the standards that are related It is for therapeutic use and it is stricter than residential, to be built.

According to him, the number of properties that have been built and are available for therapeutic use in the country in recent years is very few and this directive has practically prevented the establishment of physiotherapy centers and other new medical institutions in the year of increased production.

Mouzenzadeh added: In this regard, correspondence has been made with the officials of the Ministry of Health, the Medical System Organization and regulatory institutions, the Health Commission and Article 90 of the Majlis.

The head of the Scientific Association of Physiotherapy of Iran said: With the follow-ups that the Iranian Physiotherapy Association did in cooperation with the Board of Physiotherapy and the Health and Medical Commission of the Parliament, and the meeting we had with the vice president of treatment, all these concerns and problems that this directive has created for us and other medical institutions We transferred it to the Honorable Deputy Minister.

Moazenzadeh emphasized: At the end of last week, with the information given to us by the Ministry of Health, this issue was fully discussed and examined in the meeting of the legal commission, and apparently, in this meeting, the officials of the Ministry of Health came to the conclusion that issuing This circular is not based on legal and enforceable standards and we are waiting for the cancellation of the circular requiring therapeutic use for institutions and medical centers in the next few days, which somehow shows that these institutions can also operate in residential places so that we can Restart the process of establishing centers, especially for young colleagues.

He added: Regarding safety and fire certificates and elevator standards and other matters, we believe that these bylaws should be revised for all groups and should be done in a balanced and non-discriminatory manner with a uniform, equal and comprehensive approach. This important action should be implemented in practical time frames and taking into account the appropriate and gradual criteria.

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