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The public and the Ministry of Health will work together to determine the cost of palliative care
01-11-2017
Public organizations have the opportunity to assist the relevant ministry in calculating the cost of providing palliative and hospice care. In addition, it is extremely important to create demand for palliative and hospice care by widely informing society about the problems of terminally ill patients. This will encourage local authorities...
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...