Protection of the Right to Health in Socially Vulnerable Population Groups in Ukraine (Forced Immigrants)

Protection of the right to health is the main responsibility of every society, which acquires special importance when it comes to meeting the needs of socially vulnerable population groups. In Ukraine, forced migrants, people who have been forced to leave their homes due to conflicts, persecution or other circumstances, face significant challenges in ensuring their access to medical services. This article explores the issue of protecting the right to health of socially vulnerable groups in Ukraine with a special focus on forced migrants. By analyzing the obstacles they face and proposing strategies to improve the situation, we hope to contribute to the development of fair and affordable health care for all. [1]. Understanding the social vulnerability of Ukraine due to armed conflicts, economic difficulties and human rights violations, allows to analyze the protection of the right to health of forced migrants, who often find themselves in dangerous conditions, without stable housing, work and access to basic medical services. Social vulnerability reinforces the barriers they face in accessing health care, deepens health inequalities, and places them at high risk of disease and under-treatment. Taking into account Art. 271 of the Civil Code of Ukraine (hereinafter - the CCU) [1] it can be noted that the content of the right to medical care and health for forced migrants is the possibility of a physical person to freely, at his own discretion, determine his behavior in the field of recovery and treatment, that is, the content is formed by specific legal possibilities, and Art. 284 of the CCU defines the general content of the right to medical assistance, the specifics of its implementation by minors and minors, the right to choose a doctor and methods of treatment. This right, taking into account the content of clause "d", Art. 6 of the Fundamentals [2], is a constituent element of the right to health care, which provides that citizens of Ukraine have the right to qualified health care, including the free choice of a doctor if he can offer his services, the right to replace a doctor and the choice of methods treatment, in accordance with his recommendations and the health care institution, that is, every patient has the right, when justified by his condition, to be admitted to any state medical institution of his choice, if this institution has the ability to provide appropriate treatment. An individual who officially resided in the territory that is currently not under the control of Ukraine, after receiving a certificate of registration of internally displaced persons (hereinafter - IDPs), in accordance with the law, has the right to receive the necessary medical assistance at the new place of residence. It should be noted that in the Agreement on the provision of medical assistance to citizens of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, rapid and urgent medical assistance is called a complex of medical services that are provided in case of acute violations of the patient's physical or mental health that threaten his life or the health of others. Planned medical care refers to a set of medical services that are provided in case of physical or mental health disorders of the patient that do not pose a direct threat to his life or the health of others [3].

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