Kurultai deputy Askhat Aimagambetov raised the problem of invataksi accessibility for Kazakhstanis traveling to other regions for treatment. Currently the service is strictly tied to the place of residence, and in another city people with special needs are left without specialized transport. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
"A person lives in their own city, uses invataksi, and can get to a polyclinic or a rehabilitation center. But when they need to go for treatment to Astana or a regional center, a problem arises: the service is tied to the place of permanent registration," the deputy notes.
He explains that in another city access to it has to be arranged anew. At the same time, an ordinary taxi is often simply unsuitable for a person who needs specially equipped transport.
"It turns out that a referral for treatment exists, but the ability to get from the station to the hospital is in question," he emphasized.
Aimagambetov said he discussed the situation with deputy Yeldos Bayalyshbayev, who knows the problem very well from the inside.
"We came to the conclusion that the principle of extraterritoriality needs to be introduced here. If the right to invataksi has already been confirmed, a person should be able to use the service in the city where they arrived for treatment or rehabilitation," he noted.
According to Aimagambetov, this requires establishing data exchange, trip accounting and settlements between regions.
"It will also be necessary to work out a mechanism under which the allocated funding follows the person. The task is primarily to properly organize the service that already exists," he noted.
The deputy emphasized that this decision does not even entail an automatic increase in budget expenditures. He also said he is already working on this task.
Earlier it became known that Kazakhstan approved a new list of medical indications under which people with disabilities can use invataksi services.