People's Deputy Andrei Lozovoy urged the Ukrainian authorities to take measures that would ease the life of epileptic patients.

In his Facebook politician noted that in the world of epilepsy about 65 million people (1% of the population) are sick, and in Ukraine - about 450,000 people.

People's Deputy recalled that it is almost impossible to determine the cause of the disease, and drug treatment helps in 50-60% of cases.

"The Embrace bracelet, developed in the US, monitors a person's condition and warns the patient of the approach of an attack (an application is installed on the smartphones). In addition, he informs his family where the patient is during the attack. This will improve the quality of life of patients and help reduce deaths due to failure to provide medical care, "he said..

Lozovoy noted that the cost of the bracelet is about 6000 hryvnia, and spoke in favor of implementing the state program to provide Embrace bracelets to people with epilepsy. "And now about the most painful. I know from a family of close friends who have a son with this disease. In Ukraine, the application for a smartphone for the above bracelet. does not work. In total there are 14 such countries in the world, among them North Korea, Iran and Macao (Macao). And our Ukraine, "the politician stated..

As the People's Deputy stressed, in order for the application to work, the state needs only to sign an agreement, and it does not require any financial investments.

"I sent a relevant appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers on the need to sign an agreement with Empatica on the basis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support the work of the" Embrace "bracelet,.

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