Healthcare in the Socialist Republic of Malgrave
Healthcare in the Socialist Republic of Malgrave was provided through a combination of large hospitals, smaller clinics and mobile healthcare facilities located across the country. It was a universal model which was financed through a system of national insurance contributions and general taxation.
History
Healthcare in the Socialist Republic was largely continued on from agreements made during the Conference of Asola in 1910, as the right to healthcare was viewed as one of the country's fundamental rights.
In the immediate years following the establishment of the Socialist Republic, the healthcare system was still undergoing a planned expansion and as a result shared many facilities with the Ancestral Study Group. Such a practice stopped in 1947 when the appropriate number of hospitals and clinics were constructed, although, a level of cooperation between the ASG and healthcare system remained until the dissolution of the Socialist Republic in 1983.
The discovery of Malgravean Immunodeficiency Disorder in the 1950s underscored the importance of the healthcare sector within the Socialist Republic, as a result resources were freed from other sectors to facilitate the development of new treatment regimes and construct new healthcare facilities.
Hospitals
The Socialist Republic maintained a large number of hospital beds per thousand people, with even regional facilities being lauded as superior to their counterparts in the United Kingdom and National Workers' Republic. Hospitals in the Socialist Republic also tended to be large, as the strict social distancing requirements for patients undergoing MIDD treatment required that all structures open to the public conform to specific health regulations.
The Socialist Republic also maintained a number of mobile clinics, a specialised series of vehicles that worked in extreme rural areas of the country to ensure that everyone had access to advanced healthcare services. These were maintained for a few years after the dissolution of the country but put into museums following the economic crisis of the Lost Decade.
A large number of medical staff working within the healthcare system volunteered for Ancestral Study Group. Typically these workers were deployed to Breheim to assist in rural areas, although, the ASG reportedly sent workers to other countries within Mystria.
Issues
The Socialist Republic occasionally suffered from a shortage of medicine, as the resources required for the production of specific drugs could be impacted by the flow of the civil war. In 1961 these shortages were worsened by the political crisis at the time and the fierce defensive battles across the front, with numerous production facilities forced to slow down production due to supply shortages and security concerns.
After the crisis, an effort was made to eliminate the problem and some progress was made, however, the long-term ambitions were not realised before the signing of the Epping-Rensk Agreement.