Perfectionist “Babulya”: Everyone has the opportunity to contribute to our victory
Yaroslav Borysenko, a doctor of emergency medicine from Sumy, may well be the youngest Honored Doctor of Ukraine. In the combat zone, he is known by a rather unusual nom de guerre for a mail, “Babulya,” which means “Granny” in Ukrainian. During his third mission with the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, the doctor provided […]
- 25 January 2024
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“The Russians are still trying to reach us”: a CNN Portugal reporter visited PFVMH’s “secret” base
The Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital leader, Gennady Druzenko, briefed CNN Portugal reporter Helena Lins on the work of the PFVMH during Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. The interview was recorded at the rear base of the hospital Druzenko called “secret,” as the enemy keeps on trying to “reach” them with their missiles and drones. […]
- 01 January 2024
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The 30,000th patient
Gennadiy Druzenko, PFVMH Co-founder and President On December 31, 2023, we helped the 30,000th patient since the beginning of the full-scale war. It was not rigged. It so happened… The last year was probably crucial for PFVMH. In the summer, the scarcity of resources even made us think that PFVMH would cease to exist in […]
- 17 December 2023
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Zaluzhny thanks PFVMH for assisting AFU
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny, sent the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital his acknowledgment “for active civic stance, patriotism and assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which brings Victory over the enemy closer.” On Thursday, Col. Oleksiy Noskov, Zaluzhny’s assistant, delivered the certificate of acknowledgment as an award […]
- 21 November 2023
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PFVMH team bestowed the Order of People’s Hero of Ukraine
The Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital has become a collective holder of the People’s Hero of Ukraine order. In a ceremony held on Sunday, participants in the war against Russian invaders received the People’s Hero of Ukraine order. Among the awardees was the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital team. As noted by one of the […]
- 31 August 2023
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The war in Ukraine, as seen by doctors and medical volunteers – The Week
The Week, an Indian news magazine, has published an extensive story by Nirmal Jovial featuring the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital and based, to some extent, on the author’s interview with the PFVMH co-founder and leader, Gennadiy Druzenko (posted on YouTube). “We have seen many ambulances and extraction vehicles that were shot and destroyed by […]
- 17 August 2023
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Independent international auditor audits PFVMH’s financial statements
AC Crowe Ukraine has conducted an audit of the financial statements of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital for the year 2022 and came to the conclusion that these statements were “prepared in all material respects in accordance with national accounting regulations (standards) adopted in Ukraine […] and meet the requirements of the Law of […]
- 30 June 2023
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Exclusive: Inside a Ukrainian Battlefield Hospital – NYT
A New York Times video from the war in Ukraine features routine work done by Ukrainian medics, including those of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital. “Ukrainian doctors have been swapping their white coats for military fatigues to treat wounded soldiers. In this exclusive video, The New York Times spent a week inside a military […]
- 24 June 2023
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“Heroes of PFVMH” – a photo gallery by Kostiantyn Liberov
A soldier’s hand, covered with the soot of war and Ukrainian black soil, is held by a doctor’s hand in a white sterile glove – as if an angel came down from heaven to keep the warrior in this world, not give him prematurely to the raw earth. A photographer from Odesa, Kostiantyn Liberov, published […]
- 19 June 2023
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Switzerland’s leading newspaper publishes a story about PFVMH
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung, one of the world’s leading and oldest German-language newspapers, has published a story about the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital. The story is based on an extensive interview with PFVMH co-founder and leader Gennadiy Druzenko. According to NZZ, Druzenko doesn’t trust the quiet. During the months of Russia’s full-scale war on […]
