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Extract from the Minutes of the General Meeting of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" dated December 20, 2018
20-12-2018
The General Meeting decided: 1 . The main areas of activity for 2019-2020 are: further development of regional organizations of the League (regional organizations should have at least 50 members, create district and city branches); preparation and holding in October 2019 of the Third National Congress on palliative care; implementation...
On December 20, the regular General Meeting of members of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" was held in the premises of the National Scientific Medical Library
20-12-2018
Previously, according to the decision of the Board of the League, meetings were held in regional organizations and in the city of Kyiv, delegates to the General Meeting were elected according to the quota of 1 delegate from 10 members of the organization. A total of 85 delegates were elected....
Vitaliy Andriyovych Mohorev passed away after a long and serious illness!
22-11-2018
We express our deepest condolences to the family and friends for this irreparable loss. In the memory of everyone who knew and worked with Vitaly Andriyovych, he will remain a principled and sensitive leader, a loving father, a deeply religious person with high moral qualities who faithfully served the chosen...
The next meeting of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" will be held
04-10-2018
On October 4, 2018, a regular meeting of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" was held, at which a number of important issues were resolved. An extract from the protocol is attached. Excerpt from the Minutes of the Board Meeting of...
On June 14, 2018, another meeting of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" was held.
14-06-2018
At which the following agenda of the Board meeting was considered: The role and place of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" in the development of civil society and the construction of the palliative care system in Ukraine. Reports of the Heads of regional...
On May 24, 2018, another meeting of the Presidium of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" was held
24-05-2018
At which a number of important issues were considered, in particular: problems and priority tasks of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" in the development of the palliative care system in Ukraine. As noted by the Chairman of the Presidium, Vasyl Knyazevich, the main...
The Chairman of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" Vasyl Knyazevich made a working trip to Lviv
10-05-2018
The Chairman of the Board of the "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care" Vasyl Knyazevich began his visit to the Communal Lviv City Hospital "Hospice" (hereinafter - KLML "Hospice"). KLML "Hospice" is the first institution of palliative care created in Ukraine, a hospital with 30 beds,...
In Kirovohrad Oblast, a video lesson was prepared on how to prevent bedsores in palliative patients at home
30-03-2018
Civil society traditionally takes the initiative to help palliative patients and their families. Thus, in Kirovohrad Oblast, activists of the regional branch of the All-Ukrainian Network of PLHIV presented a video lesson "Prevention of bedsores in palliative patients at home" to students of the local medical college. This video will...
Report from Poltava region: How can palliative patients receive adequate pain relief?
06-03-2018
– Woman, 93 years old, bedridden, seriously ill. According to relatives, he suffers from severe pain. Neighbors are already complaining about her constant screams. The doctor does not prescribe effective pain relief, acting adviser. Minister Victoria Loza writes down under dictation the information that came to the "hotline" of the...
Sumy Oblast plans to create systematic and effective palliative care
22-02-2018
The issue of palliative care for people with incurable diseases who need qualified medical care and care at all times, as well as the issue of psychological, social, spiritual and moral support, was the subject of a meeting in the Sumy Regional Council, which was held by deputy head Tetyana...
In 2018-2021, more than UAH 40 million will be allocated from the city budget of Dnipro
16-02-2018
The experience of building a palliative care system in the Dnipropetrovsk region can become a model for other regions, as local authorities, subject to political will, are able to find both time and resources to help their citizens. Since the beginning of 2018, the city palliative care program has been...
Pain does not last forever - Arnaldo Pangrazzi
14-02-2018
The meeting of the world-famous professor of the Camillianum International Theological Institute, Arnaldo Pangrazzi, with priests of various denominations, doctors, and psychologists became a unique event, because it demonstrated a large number of common issues that unite different churches in serving people. During the lecture, representatives of churches from all...
Arnaldo Pangrazzi talked about the spiritual accompaniment of a dying person
08-02-2018
What is the component of spiritual support during the care of a dying person, do doctors feel fear when communicating with the terminally ill, how to organize pastoral care in ordinary hospitals and hospices, which are primarily needed by palliative patients - these and other questions became a topic for...
A comprehensive view of palliative care
06-02-2018
Palliative care in Ukraine is mostly perceived as pain relief for cancer patients in the last days of life. However, this concept is much deeper and more philosophical. Read about the multifaceted nature of the problem and the peculiarities of its solution in Ukraine and the world on the pages...
ANNOUNCEMENT. Arnaldo Pangrazzi on Eternal Values: "The Spiritual Dimension in the Holistic Treatment of the Dying Person"
31-01-2018
February 7, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the premises of the National Pedagogical University named after M.P.Dragomanova (Kyiv, 9 Pyrohova St.), a world-renowned professor at the Camillianum International Theological Institute (Rome, Italy), a well-known international expert on caring for the terminally ill, Father Arnaldo Pangrazzi will give a lecture for...
Ukrainian realities of palliative care
30-01-2018
Recently, the initiators of the reforms promise to include palliative care in the guaranteed package of free medical services. But do they take into account the real amount of such aid, or do they hope to limit it to a minimum that is far from world standards? Answers to these...
Arnaldo Pangrazzi about spiritual support at the threshold of life and death
29-01-2018
On February 7, 2018, the world-renowned professor of the Camillianum International Theological Institute (Rome, Italy), a well-known international expert on the care of the terminally ill, Father Arnaldo Pangrazzi, will give a lecture in Kyiv for representatives of the clergy, theologians, scientists, philosophers, heads of palliative care departments and hospices...
The residents of Cherkassy experienced what real care for the terminally ill is like (VIDEO)
24-01-2018
The hospice care center told about the rescue of palliative Cherkasy residents. Thanks to the first palliative and hospice care center in the region, which was opened on the basis of the regional oncology dispensary, residents of Cherkasy and Cherkasy region have had the opportunity to seek help and receive...
Vasyl Knyazevich: An exemplary children's hospice will be created in Kyiv
18-01-2018
Ukraine is finally finding the right approach to children's palliative care and soon a children's hospice will appear in the capital, which will become a model and standard for future similar centers throughout Ukraine. This was stated by the chairman of the board of the "Ukrainian League for the Development...
In Poltava region, a palliative care department was opened in Kobelyatka Central Hospital
15-01-2018
A new palliative ward with 20 beds of hospice care was opened on the basis of the Kobeliatskyi Central District Hospital (CRH). One of the premises of the central district hospital was allocated for it, repair work began in August last year. Wards for patients, rooms for medical staff and...
Final meeting of the "League": achievements and plans
11-01-2018
In 2018, to increase the number of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care", without deteriorating the quality indicators of work, to join the supervisory boards of medical institutions that provide palliative and hospice care - these and other decisions were made during the final...