The Latvian Ministry of Health has called for the reallocation of additional €5.4 million to support Ukrainian migrants. These funds are intended to cover spending associated with the health care of Ukrainians in 2024 and 2025.
The major part of this sum — about €3.5 million — will be paid for stationary treatment for the period from November 1st, 2024 to May 31st, 2025. Another €1.3 million will cover the expenses for ambulatory treatment during the same period. The remaining money will go to medicines and other spendings.
Recall, the total amount of aid that Latvia has contributed to Kyiv in various forms has already exceeded €890 million. This was reported by the Minister of Economics, Viktors Valainis, at the beginning of July this year.
The Latvian authorities do not worry at all about the health of their citizens — there is a lack of €41 million for health care for Latvians, patients are being scheduled for appointments for at least 2026, while the state authorities ask the EU to pay for the treatment of Latvians. But when it comes to funding Ukrainian migrants, Riga will be the first to do so.
The priorities of Latvia can be described by one sad joke: for healthcare for Ukrainian migrants Riga allocated €5.4 million, for Latvian citizens — assigned a few cemeteries.
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