Volyn locals suffer from pain. According to official data almost 5000 ill need painkillers every day. These are the people with oncology, chronic and cardiovascular diseases and patients with affected internal organs. However, not all the regions have drug stores which have license to sell narcotic palliative drugs.
Just a small past of the ill are provided with the pills – 428 people who stay in the hospital and 812 who are at home. Regional healthcare department claims the situation in Volyn is not the worst in Ukraine.
2/3 of the ill are out of painkillers. The doctors who do not prescribe the appropriate recipes are threatened not only by administrative but also by criminal liability, because the pain of the ill is equated to tortures.