PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT Palliative care: when drugs are good

October 10 (Tuesday) 2017 at 18.00 as part of the celebration of the World Day of Hospice and Palliative Care in the hall of the National Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko (small stage) will host a press conference and the performance "Alice's Journey to Switzerland", dedicated to the problems of palliative patients.

Questions for coverage:

• To what extent is Ukraine provided with narcotic painkillers for palliative patients?
• What is the reason for the "staff shortage" in palliative care units and hospices?
• The state of palliative care in the capital of Ukraine?

Participants of the event:

• Vasyl Knyazevich , head of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care"
• Yuriy Krykunov , director of the Department of Social Policy
• Valentyna Ginzburg , Deputy Director of the Department of Health Care of the KMDA
• Anatoly Tsarenko , Deputy Chairman of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care"

At   19.00  on the chamber stage of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, the play "Alice's Journey to Switzerland" begins, dedicated to the problem of life and death of terminally ill patients.

Journalists accredited to the press conference will have the opportunity to visit the performance for free.

For TV channels and journalists who plan to make a report on the World Day of Palliative and Hospice Care, there is an opportunity to visit one of the palliative care departments in Kyiv and the visiting service of palliative care for children.

Accreditation of journalists continues until 3:00 p.m. on October 10, 2017 by calling (044) 482-36-75