We talked with her over the phone for over an hour. A small woman who has fallen into difficult life circumstances from the skin is climbing to feed two children:.
It's not difficult for me to understand my heroine, I'll name her Elena (the name is changed). Itself was once in her position. At nights I wrote a huge amount of texts to dress, shoe, feed. It was the far 90's, when you did not have to count on help from the state.
For twenty-odd years much has changed. Written Laws, Decrees, Regulations and Resolutions designed to protect the rights of Ukrainian children.
For twenty-odd years much has changed. Written Laws, Decrees, Regulations and Resolutions designed to protect the rights of Ukrainian children.
I hear a pain in my voice. What can I say to an offended woman?.
Pro: "It was not necessary to give birth, if you can not feed! "- keep silent. This is the topic of a separate conversation.
However, my heroine from this is not easier. Power does not give out.
The problem was connected with the Odessa human rights activists and deputies of the city council who explained to the employees of the polyclinic the article of the Law. After the discussion on the topic:.
it turned out that there is no proper power in the warehouse, since it has not yet been purchased.
According to the Law, she has the right to do so. She can even be compensated for buying a mixture at her own expense if she provides checks. And they may not compensate. This is decided by the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Odessa City Council. Write an application, apply checks and wait for a response.
As I wrote above, there is no money for expensive mixtures of my heroine. She has to wait until she gets the formula necessary for her baby.
Only how to explain to the one-year-old baby that it is necessary to drink milk, because adult aunts / uncles - officials did not carry out the procurement procedure.
The child does not understand. He refuses to eat unaccustomed food and, as a consequence, loses weight.
After that, other adult aunts / uncles - officials come to my mother, accuse her of negligent fulfillment of maternal duties and take the child to a shelter. I remind you that the family has a low-income status, which means that it is under the control of the relevant services.
Vicious circle.
In Odessa there is a city program "Health", adopted by the decision of the Odessa City Council No. 2744-VII of 14. 12. 2017 g.
Paragraph 12. 4 Dodatka No. 2 to this program determines the allocation of one million hryvnias for the purchase of baby food for low-income and large families in 2018.
It is administered by the funds allocated for the Health program, the city department of health protection, and is monitored by the standing commission of the Odessa City Health Council.
If there is money, the question arises: was the tender held?.
All public procurement passes through the "Prozorro" system. I went to the site and entered an appropriate request. It turned out that this year the procedure for purchasing baby food was carried out only by the Vinnytsia regional children's hospital.
Further, there was a call to the health department to clarify the situation. They said there was no tender, and this issue is overseen by the MOH.
There is a feeling that this is not a banal negligence. The tender is postponed due to the lack of a "reliable" supplier, ready to offer a solid rollback.
Human rights defenders who help Elena sent official requests and appeals to the Ministry of Health, as well as to the Department of Health.
They promised to do their utmost to identify and punish those responsible for the lack of baby food for babies from low-income and large families.
I would like to remind gentlemen officials that P. S This morning, it was reported that volunteers connected sponsors who bought food for the daughter of my heroine and other kids.
It seems that everything ended well, except that the society again performs work for the people to whom it pays for this salary.
Author: Ekaterina Orel.