Uzhgorod crew “Hospice at Home” has received a new multifunctional vehicle

This was informed by the press service of Uzhgorod City Council.

Today, Uzhgorod crew of palliative care "Hospice at Home", which has been operating at the city center for primary health care since late January, received a new vehicle.

The Fiat Qubo was purchased through the ProZorro’s electronic public procurement system at the expense of Uzhgorod city budget. The price of the vehicle id 327 thousand hryvnia, it can be used not only to take the crew to seriously ill patient, but also, if necessary, to bring a patient to the hospital.

The head physician of the city center for primary health care Tetyana Kozak said that the group is serving 77 patients. Every day, they do 8-10 visits to seriously ill patients with cancer, those who, for example, have suffered stroke, amputations due to diabetes and the like.

The crew consists of 9 specialists trained to provide palliative care: a doctor-therapist, three nurses, a psychologist, two social workers, a confessor, a driver.