Drawings of small patients from Murmansk included in collage for Soyuz

The Soyuz spacecraft will be decorated with drawings by four young patients of the Murmansk Children's Regional Clinical Hospital. Their work was included in a large collage on board the ship. It consists of drawings of children with cancer from Russia and other countries.

As explained by the Bi-port news agency, the children were invited to draw their wildest dreams. The slogan on the rocket "Life has no end" confirmed this message. According to Alyona Kuzmenko, president of the Unity Charitable Foundation, the words symbolize that life and love have neither earthly nor cosmic boundaries.

As part of the international art project "Rocket of Dreams II", young patients from Murmansk visited the Baikonur cosmodrome. They were accompanied by medical specialists. The program also included a visit to the cosmodrome. The children were shown transporting the launch vehicle to the launch complex, they met with the cosmonauts and were able to see the rocket launch into space.

Dmitry Panychev, Minister of Health of the Murmansk Region, said that this project gave young patients faith in a miracle and strengthened their desire to overcome the disease.

On July 21, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova at the meeting "Homeland is people. Healthy Family" at the Rossiya National Center stated that Russia is among the leading countries in the survival rate of children with cancer. According to her, in 2025, the need for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children was fully met in Russia, and there is no waiting list for such treatment. Medical rehabilitation is being developed to accelerate recovery after difficult treatment.