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Turkmenistan
Health
As under the Soviet system, health care continues to be universally
available to all citizens without charge. The health care system
that Turkmenistan inherited from the Soviet regime is fraught
with deficiencies, however. On the whole, physicians are poorly
trained, modern medical technologies are almost unheard of, and
many basic medicines are in short supply. Although health care
is available to most urban residents, the system is financially
bankrupt, and treatment is often primitive. Only recently have
some medical professionals been allowed to offer private medical
care, and the state maintains a near monopoly of health care.
Data as of March 1996
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