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Dear colleagues, dear friends!
29-12-2017
Dear colleagues, dear friends! I heartily congratulate everyone on Christmas and New Year! During these festive days, each of us analyzes the past year, makes plans for the next 2018. For someone, the dream is to reach new heights in education, career, business, for someone else, to see another sunrise,...
Vasyl Knyazevich: The plans for 2018 include the development of the "League" and strengthening of its role in society
19-12-2017
The end of 2017 is coming to an end, which was a difficult year for Ukraine. It is possible to evaluate the political processes in the state in different ways, but the main task for everyone who takes care of health care is the daily routine work of caring for...
An Orthodox hospice and certified specialists in palliative care will appear in Odesa region
14-12-2017
At the Holy Intercession Hermitage of the Holy Dormition Odesa Men's Monastery in the village of Marynovka, the construction of the Orthodox hospice "Pokrova" continues at a rapid pace. This was announced by the chairman of the board of the "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care",...
The Ministry of Health does not approve the developed normative documents on palliative care
13-12-2017
For almost 3 years, the draft of the Standards for the provision of palliative and hospice care has been in the Ministry of Health for approval. Similarly, for more than 2 years, the project of the State strategy for the development of palliative and hospice care in Ukraine for the...
Cancer patients in Transcarpathia do not receive the necessary inpatient palliative care (PHOTO)
13-12-2017
Violations of the rights of terminally ill people were recorded by a monitoring group consisting of employees of the Department for the Implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism of the Commissioner's Secretariat during an unannounced visit to the palliative-hospice care department of the Vynohradiv geriatric boarding house. The department has...
Implementation of international treatment protocols is a complex and long-term process
06-12-2017
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine does not approve already developed treatment and care protocols for terminally ill patients. Instead, the use of international protocols, which are recommended to be implemented in work, is complicated by the low level of foreign language proficiency of Ukrainian doctors. This was discussed during...
The government is being asked to force pharmacies to sell narcotic painkillers
04-12-2017
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health must do everything possible to correct the critical situation with palliative patients' access to painkillers. With this letter, the non-governmental organization "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" ("League") appealed to state authorities. "We ask that...
The date of the 3rd National Congress on palliative care has been determined
01-12-2017
The Third National Congress on Palliative Care will be held on October 25-26, 2018. This decision was made during the meeting of the Presidium of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care". According to the chairman of the board, Vasyl Knyazevich, preparations...