In January-June 2023, the ADONIS network of medical clinics received more than 135 thousand patients, which is 34% more than in the same period in 2022.
ADONIS Marketing Director Olena Starovoitenko told Interfax-Ukraine that in the first half of 2023, the network had 364,974 patient visits.
Starovoitenko noted that in the first half of the year, obstetrics and gynecology, therapy, massage, diagnostics, and laboratory tests were still in the highest demand.
At the same time, according to Starovoitenko, in 2023, the demand for physical rehabilitation, neurology, and cardiology increased significantly, which mirrors the current situation in Ukraine.
At the same time, Starovoitenko noted that “currently, the priority of the ADONIS medical group of companies is to maintain and maximize capacity utilization in clinics in Kyiv and Kyiv region.”
“In the near future, the company does not consider regional development opportunities, we see our critical role in providing quality medical care at the existing locations,” she said.
Starovoitenko clarified that the medical center in Bucha has been providing assistance to the local population and free rehabilitation to military personnel injured during the hostilities for more than a year after the region’s de-occupation.
“This step was made possible thanks to the financial support of charitable foundations, social initiatives of Ukraine and with the support of international donors and volunteers,” Starovoitenko said.
ADONIS is a network of private medical centers for adults and children. The ADONIS private clinic was founded over 20 years ago. Its network includes 12 branches in Kyiv and the region, including two own maternity hospitals and a stem cell laboratory. In the clinic’s branches, doctors provide services in 66 medical areas.
What a question – of course, because there are characteristic “aggravating” summer factors, when the heat is replaced by a cool breeze or air conditioning, when you want water from the refrigerator (or not water, but ice cream :)), and no one has canceled the classic pathogens of SARS.
But there is something else that mimics the common cold.
It looks like a stuffy nose and rhinitis that occur in late summer. There may be itchy eyes or watery eyes, a sore throat, subfebrile fever, loss of concentration, and sometimes a dry, hacking cough. It sounds like a cold, doesn’t it?
But the symptoms last for several weeks or more. A person goes to the doctor and may hear that they need to be tested for… allergies.
August and September are characterized by pollinating weeds. There are many of them, but we usually hear about ragweed and wormwood most often (and for good reason, because they are classic representatives of the class).
You can see these representatives not only in the countryside, but also on city roadsides. Sensitized people experience allergy symptoms during their pollination, and sometimes cross-reactivity symptoms in the form of allergic reactions to certain foods (for example, sunflower seeds, watermelon, melon, and grapes, which are also in season now).
What should I do if I experience the above symptoms?
Of course, consult a doctor who will conduct an examination and prescribe additional tests to confirm the diagnosis.
If you notice the same symptoms for several years in a row and/or suspect a pollen allergy, ask your doctor what tests you should take.
In CSD LAB you can find the following tests:
Determination of Ig E antibodies to wormwood pollen extract (by ELISA and ImmunoCAP);
Determination of Ig E antibodies to ragweed pollen extract (ELISA and ImmunoCAP);
“Seasonal rhinitis” package (contains the determination of Ig E antibodies to wormwood, ragweed and other plant pollen);
Determination of Ig E antibodies to the main molecules of ragweed pollen (n Amb a 1), wormwood (n Art v 1, n Art v 3) and minor grass allergens (r Phl p 7 r Phl p 12 complex);
Also, the determination of Ig E antibodies to ragweed and wormwood pollen allergen components is included in multiplex allergy panels.
In addition, for a comprehensive health check, CSD LAB reduces prices for the most popular allergy tests until the end of summer:
– ALEX2 – allergy test (Total IgE + specific IgE to 295 allergens).
– FOX – allergy test (Food Xplorer, specific IgG to 286 food allergens).
Important! It is worth remembering that even when choosing tests on your own, you should always seek a doctor’s examination to confirm the diagnosis, possibly a more detailed examination and determine further treatment tactics.
Members of Parliament propose that the Verkhovna Rada decriminalize pornography in the part that does not pose a public danger.
“Criminal liability will remain exclusively for non-consensual porn (pornography, deep fake), extreme porn (violence, animal, necrophilia), porn with children and for children (we will also toughen it up). That’s it. For everything else, we are removing criminal liability from Articles 301 and 302. So that the imagination of law enforcement officers does not generate 1000+ cases a year,” said Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a member of the Voice faction and co-author of the bill, in his telegram channel on Tuesday.
At the same time, he emphasized that pimping, involvement in prostitution and human trafficking remain criminal offenses.
Zhelezniak also noted that the draft law would be published on the Verkhovna Rada’s website in three days, so he supplemented his post with the text of the document and its supporting documents.
Thus, according to the draft law, the distribution or sale of pornography without the consent of the person depicted in it, or the production of such products depicting a person who is not aware of such actions, will be punishable by a fine of one thousand to three thousand tax-free minimum incomes (NMIT), i.e. UAH 17,000-5,000, or arrest for up to six months, or restraint of liberty for up to three years.
The parliamentarians propose to punish the production, distribution or sale of extreme pornography with a fine of 3000 to 5000 tax-free minimum incomes (UAH 51000-85000) or restriction of liberty for a term of three to five years, or imprisonment for up to three years.
The penalty for the sale of pornography to a minor or its distribution among minors, as well as forcing a person to participate in the creation of pornography, is proposed to be a fine of 5,000 to 10,000 tax-free minimum incomes (UAH 85,000 to 17,000) or imprisonment for a term of three to seven years.
If the above actions are committed with the use of power, official or professional authority, the fine will be from 10,000 to 25,000 tax-free minimum incomes (UAH 170000-425,000), and imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years with or without deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.
In addition, the authors of the legislative initiative propose to close legislative gaps by defining the concepts of “pornography” and “extreme pornography.”
Thus, the deputies propose to define pornography as any material objects, items, printed, audio, video products, messages and materials, media products, the content of which is an image of a person in a real or simulated sexually explicit image or engaged in real or simulated sexually explicit behavior, or any image of genitals for sexual purposes.
The drafters of the bill consider extreme pornography to be pornography that contains images of violent acts, sexual acts with an animal (zoophilia) or with the body of a deceased person (necrophilia).
“Ivano-Frankivskgaz, Khmelnitskgaz and Mykolaivgaz have come under the management of Naftogaz Group, the website of the management company Gazseti said Tuesday.
“The integration of the companies is the first step in solving the key goal of ensuring in three more regions the sustainable and efficient functioning of every meter of the gas distribution system. This is a task that is already being solved in a number of frontline and rear regions of Ukraine,” the company said.
The press-service reminded that earlier under the aegis of the state Kropivnitsky, Dniprovsky, Kharkiv and Krivoy Rog branches have already started working, which provide uninterrupted gas distribution services to the population, industry and budgetary institutions.
In parallel, transformation processes continue in Kyivoblhaz, Zhytomyrhaz, Lvivhaz, Sumyhaz, Dnipropetrovskhaz and Vinnytsiahaz.
As reported, at the end of May 2022, at the request of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), the court transferred the seized private corporate rights to 26 regional and city operators of gas distribution systems to ARMA management.
“On September 2, 2022, Naftogaz of Ukraine registered Gas Distribution Networks of Ukraine LLC (“Gazseti”), the main activity of which is specified as gas distribution through local (local) pipelines.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, by Resolution No. 1335 dated November 25 of the same year, transferred state-owned gas distribution networks to Gazseti for operation.
The National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) for January-July 2023 under the package “Medical assistance in childbirth” paid 101104 births.
As reported to the agency Interfax-Ukraine in the NHSU, for the same period in 2022, the NHSU paid 109405 births, in 2021 – 141153 births.
The NHSU specified that currently 306 medical institutions are contracted for the package of medical care during childbirth.
As reported, in 2023 tariffs for medical care during childbirth is from 15,137 UAH.
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said that the German government has included support for Ukraine, including military aid, in its budget planning until 2027.
“For the next few years we have already firmly planned further support for Ukraine in our budget planning. The government already agreed this a few weeks ago, and I have no doubt that it will also be confirmed by our parliament in the coming months,” Lindner said at a joint press conference with Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko.
He noted that the planned EUR5bn of military aid is bilateral aid. In addition, Lindner added, Germany makes various financial contributions to the EU, provides support in the humanitarian sphere of Ukraine and Ukrainians fleeing the war in the FRG.
“You know that Germany is the largest contributor to the European budget. We also have a correspondingly high share of the future financial aid that the European Union has promised to Ukraine. In our state budget, we have allocated large funds for the military until 2027 so that Ukraine can continue to rely on our contributions in the coming years,” Lindner said.
The finance minister also emphasized that Germany’s support for Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion amounts to EUR22bn, of which EUR12bn is military aid.
