Phoenix, Bird of Hope

The trouble named a mental disease may come to each and every one, and there is no complete guarantee against it. The panic experienced in this case by the patient and his kindred cannot be compared to anything else. What is to be done in a situation like this? Where to go? Who can render assistance? Luckily for Rostovites, there is the Phoenix Center for Cure and Rehabilitation headed by Alexander Olimpiyevich Bukhanovsky. It has been working for quite a number of years already. The motto of the Center is THERE ARE NO HOPELESS CASES. This is by the way true. The Center accepts so many patients in most grave conditions, yet each of them recovers in three months maximum. Depressions, psychoses, manias are not so frightful and can be well cured, – if, of course, you come to experts in time. Applying the latest diagnostic techniques and the productive system one patient – one doctor, the experts of the Center return to the people the joy of life, which seemed to have been lost forever.

The methods differ since each patient requires special treatment. No one leaves the Center 'undertreated' or 'overtreated'. On the contrary, people rather come to Phoenix in conditions like these. It has become habitual for Alexander Olimpiyevich and his crew to correct other doctors’ mistakes. Those treated in-patiently enjoy all conveniences: comfortable cots, air conditioners, a separate premise with a kitchen, fridges, shower and toilet rooms. All the staff from the head doctor to nurses are very friendly to the patients, taking care of them with almost parental love. “I sometimes view myself as a brood hen with a number of chickens”, says Head Doctor Olga Alexandrovna Bukhanovskaya. Phoenix maintains research contacts with dozens of other Russian cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as other countries like all the CIS states, the USA, Japan, Switzerland, etc. The Center gives people another chance, and even if the disease comes back again, the experts will help again and again. The

Center already has a rich, unique experience in helping the patients out of grave conditions. All the Phoenix staff members have practiced a lot, so every year the number of the cured patients grows. Phoenix also has a children’s psychiatry department. Besides, the doctors of the Center are engaged in forensic psychiatry, protecting the infringed rights of the patients: they appear in courts, help lawyers.

One may say it again and again: THERE ARE NO HOPELESS CASES. The Center cures even those who have been rejected by other doctors. Moreover, treatment is never limited to the emergency break. Intensive care normally lasts for 2-3 months more, after which the patients are followed up for years, when the doctors are always ready to lend a helping hand to the recovering person. Pathological gamblers, drug addicts and alcoholics, psychotic and depressive patients – all these find care, sympathy and assistance in Phoenix.

Above all, the institution is proud of the fact that its finance and accountancy are absolutely transparent.

Phoenix is engaged in a socially important and helpful business: it brings people back to sane, full-fledged life. Let us wish Phoenix to be a high-flyer and have many new cured patients.

Igor Laptev