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Almost 60% of medical workers do not want to work with terminally ill patients
31-10-2017
Only 20% of doctors believe that they have knowledge of palliative and hospice care, and about 60% do not want to work with palliative patients - these are the results of the research of the Shupyk National Academy of Medical Sciences, which were announced during the meeting of the Board...
Recommendations on priority steps in the field of palliative care have been prepared for the Ministry of Health and the Government
27-10-2017
To introduce palliative and hospice care programs for students of medical schools, to approve the relevant specialization "Palliative and hospice medicine" among the available medical specialties, to place a special emphasis on additional training of primary care doctors - these and other recommendations were determined during the meeting of the...
In Chernivtsi, they are studying the idea of creating medical and social institutions for the care of the terminally ill
27-10-2017
In Chernivtsi region, due to lack of funding, there is no powerful hospice that meets world standards. Therefore, the local authorities decided to take a different path - to study the feasibility of combining medical and social care for palliative patients. After all, the relevance of providing palliative and hospice...
Construction of the first palliative care center in the region has begun in Dnipro
24-10-2017
Construction of the first palliative center for terminally ill patients in the region has begun on the basis of City Hospital No. 15 in Dnipro, which will begin its work in 2019. The institution will not only provide appropriate assistance, but will also become a methodological and educational center for...
Announcement
23-10-2017
How to get rid of "personnel hunger" in palliative care departments? On October 26 (Thursday), 2017 at 10:00 a.m., a meeting of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" will be held in the premises of the National Medical Library (Lev Tolstoy...
In Zhytomyr, the examination of design and estimate documentation for a new hospice is being completed
23-10-2017
At the end of October, the examination of the design and estimate documentation for the reconstruction of the hospice building in the city of Zhytomyr at 3, Energeticnyk Lane will be completed. Viktor Khomenko, a representative of the health care department of the Zhytomyr City Council, said this. "Last year,...
Kharkiv children with incurable diseases will be provided with high-quality and qualified assistance
20-10-2017
A hospice for children with incurable diseases in the terminal stage was opened in Kharkiv on the basis of the city children's hospital No. 5. According to the Kharkiv City Council, the institution is designed for the permanent stay of 20 children with their parents. The department is fully equipped...
Dnipro can become a flagship in providing Ukrainians with palliative care
17-10-2017
The creation of a modern, powerful regional center for palliative and hospice care, the constant attention of local authorities to solving the problems of palliative patients, and active work on training medical and social workers in the care of palliative patients indicate that Dnipro is gradually becoming a flagship in...
I congratulate the participants of the conference "Practice of palliative care in the Eurasian region: exchange of experience"
16-10-2017
On behalf of the Presidium of the Board of NGO "Ukrainian League of Palliative and Hospice Assistance" I congratulate the participants of the conference "Practice of Palliative Care in the Eurasian Region: Exchange of Experiences." Such measures, in each region of Ukraine, are of great importance for the development of...
October 14 is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
14-10-2017
Today, on the World Day of Hospice and Palliative Care, allow me to express the words of deep respect and gratitude to all those involved in one way or another in the work with palliative patients. I strongly believe that caring for a dying person is not a job, but...
Personnel problems: to work in palliative care units, it is necessary to create motivation
13-10-2017
The lack of personnel in palliative care departments is critical, but it can be overcome or at least reduced. This is the opinion of the participants of the press conference held as part of the World Day of Hospice and Palliative Care. Anatoliy Tsarenko, deputy head of the "Ukrainian League...
We cordially invite you to participate in the modular program on bioethics of the Ukrainian Catholic University
12-10-2017
Ukraine is making a lot of efforts to overcome the crisis in the field of medicine. An important step on this path is the humanization of medicine, which should be implemented both in the personal-professional and socio-political dimensions, with the aim of establishing key moral values. The modular program on...
Analgesia of palliative patients: the right is there, availability is not
12-10-2017
The problem of providing terminally ill patients with narcotic painkillers, which ease the suffering at the final stages of life of terminally ill patients, remains the most acute today. This was discussed during the press conference held as part of the World Day of Hospice and Palliative Care. As Volodymyr...
Problem #1: Pain relief remains unavailable
11-10-2017
As part of the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, which this year is celebrated on October 14, a press conference and performance "Alice's Journey to Switzerland" was held at the National Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko. During the press conference, the participants talked about the level of...
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT Palliative care: when drugs are good
09-10-2017
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...
Kyiv city and Kyiv regional organizations of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" are initiating the month of development of palliative and hospice care from October 10
05-10-2017
Every year on the second Saturday of October, the world celebrates the World Day of Hospice and Palliative Care. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is organized by the World Palliative Care Alliance, which includes national and regional organizations that support the development of hospice and palliative care around the...
The main tasks of the "League" are to force the state to provide pain relief and to train "palliative care personnel"
03-10-2017
The problems of analgesia for the terminally ill and the shortage of personnel for palliative departments are the most critical issues today for the relevant Ministry of Health and the Government. On the eve of the formation of the Budget of Ukraine, the public should update these problems and maximally...