Pain as a norm

In the Rostov region, the rector of the temple Dmitry Donskoy Archpriest Andrei Nemkin committed himself

In the Rostov region, the rector of the temple Dmitry Donskoy, Archpriest Andrei Nemkin, committed suicide. Near the body of the 55-year-old priest they discovered a suicide note in which he wrote about unbearable pain due to oncological disease, and the award gun, which he received for military merits in Chechnya. The priest was in complete vestments with combat awards.

One can imagine how much Andrei Nemkin was tormented, even if the committing of mortal sin did not stop him - a deeply believer and preacher.

Pain in Russia is an entity that is not amenable to regulation due to its role as one of the resources of power. In addition, physical suffering due to illness is still almost the norm in the philistine presentation. And how else can there be in the country of patriarchal consciousness and repressive past, where 30 years ago there was a habit of abortion without pain relief. "Nothing, be patient!" - said the cunning midwives with a sticky with horror to a woman.

She was put up with pain in the edification and atonement of guilt for the rejection of childbearing.

Pain is a resource that is perfect to keep society in fear. That is why, and not because the country lacks painkillers, the pain is still the norm, and not a flagrant exception.

Pain can be tried to break the enemy, which is now being done with Navalny, pain can be obtained in a falsified case. And there are numbers of such cases.

Russia - tolerated. So it happened to us.

And when the pain is the norm, then not a single legislative act or refers to humanism and universal values ​​will change the situation.

Five years ago, Russia, according to the puzzle standards, was 180 times underway! Now half. But if you compare the situation in the province with the capital, it is better to go to Moscow.

In March, the government introduced amendments to the Criminal Code in the State Duma, according to which doctors are exempted from liability for violation of the rules for the turnover of narcotic drugs, if this happened by negligence. The bill No. 1121450-7 was considered in the first reading. That is, now, unless, of course, the bill is approved in the final version, it will not be possible to fall off for an inadvertent ampoule or an erroneous record in the accounting journal. But I do not think that this shift will somehow quickly fundamentally change the terrible fear of doctors in front of a “drug article” and sharply increase the throughput of opioid painkillers in palliative practice.

This fear is quite justified if you look at statistics. From 2016 to June 2019, 79 criminal cases were instituted in Russia under the article on violation of the rules for the turnover of narcotic or psychotropic drugs (Article 228.2 of the Criminal Code), the explanatory note to the bill says. Of these, 29 were instituted for medical workers, five of which were terminated at the investigation stage, and 15 were sent to the court.

“There are not so many cases, they are calculated in dozens, but the very fear of this criminal liability is a more serious obstacle to medical workers,” Anastasia Zhdanova, lawyer of the Moscow multi-profile palliative assistance center of the capital’s Ministry of Health, noted in a conversation with BBC.

Natalia Savva, chief physician of the Children's Elizabethan Hospice, in an interview with Novaya, said that

Due to the fear of persecution, doctors in the provinces do not prescribe potent painkillers, although there are enough of these drugs on the pharmaceuticals.

And enough because they are sent in calculation for the number of registered cancer patients.

Moreover, in regional medical institutions, just in case, federal standards for narcotic and potent drugs are tightened. Afraid of inspectors. So they are afraid that even children are refused the right not to scream from pain, tearing the ligaments.

Bolshoi - Bol. The cessation of this formula in Russia can only be interrupted by freedom.