It hurts slowly

Since the beginning of February, nine cancer patients have committed suicide in Moscow. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

In February 20 alone, two suicides were recorded. At 2 a.m. in Maryina Grove, an 83-year-old man jumped out of the balcony of his apartment on the sixth floor. According to the wife of the deceased, he suffered from constant pain.

At about 11 in the morning in Preobrazhensky, an 80-year-old pensioner was found in his own apartment. In a suicide note, he also explained his act with unbearable pain.

In early January , the 77-year-old retired Air Force Lieutenant General Anatoly Kudryavtsev, who suffered from cancer of the stomach of the 4th degree, hanged himself in Moscow. He also left a note in which he reported unbearable pain.

From March 12 to 24, 2014 , eight cancer patients committed suicide in the capital. Among them was Major General of the Ministry of Defense Boris Saplin, shot down from award weapons.

In January 2014, a heavily sick vice-Admiral Yuri Ustimenko shot himself in St. Petersburg. A significantly greater resonance caused the incident in Moscow the suicide of Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Apanasenko , who also painted with cancer. He shot himself precisely after his relatives were not able to get painkillers due to the delays. “I ask you not to blame anyone except the Ministry of Health and the Government,” Apanasenko wrote in a suicide note.

On December 16, 2014, the State Duma adopted a law in the third, final reading, which simplifies the receipt of seriously ill disease drugs . On December 31, the law was signed by Vladimir Putin. Nevertheless, the norm will enter into force only on July 1.