PDMSh financial report for June 2024
In June 2024, the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital spent nearly UAH 9.7 million, covered by UAH 2.5 million in revenue and UAH 7.1 million from its reserves. Sadly, hryvnia receipts dropped to one-third of what they had been in May (from UAH 6.5 million to UAH 2.1 million), and foreign currency revenues saw a […]
- 06 July 2024
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Armani: Not Giorgio, but Suren!
His PDMSh brethren and sistren call him “Armani,” apparently paying tribute to the Armenian origin of Ukrainian Suren Avakyan. Or maybe it’s due to his innate elegance. Suren has been with PDMSh since its inception — from the very first mission of the volunteer hospital to the combat zone in December 2014, when the Russo-Ukrainian […]
- 22 June 2024
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Self-respect leads to PDMSh. And so do ads and an inner voice
Vlad “Alis” is a surgeon who is completing his internship and plans to be a traumatologist. He joined PDMSh after hearing an ad on Radio ROKS that volunteer doctors were needed at the front. “My inner voice told me to do it – to apply.” According to him, his motivation was the desire not to […]
- 15 June 2024
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Mykola Hoyko: “Not only the life of the wounded depends on the driver, but also the life of the crew”
In summer, when the sun is scorching, the temperature inside the evacuation shuttle reaches +60C (140F). “The wounded person needs to be loaded there, and the doctor has to treat him,” says the PDMSh transport director. Mykola Hoyko is a man of stocky physique, so the pseudo “Hora” (“Mountain” in Ukrainian) suits him best. At […]
- 08 June 2024
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“Everyone comes to PDMSh with one goal: to save people and help win the war”
Kateryna, a finance professional, actively engaged in various charitable activities in Kyiv during the war. However, she felt this was not enough. She says that she had attended tactical medicine courses several times “and was willing to go as a paramedic if taken in.” “There was such a feeling that you should go and help […]
- 06 June 2024
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PDMSh May Spending: Change of Leaders
Our third edition of PDMSh revenues and expenditures in the format of so-called “Financial Statement for Dummies” allows us to make at least some analysis of what has happened to the volunteer hospital’s finances over the past three months (see similar reports for March and April). Drastic changes took place in April’s top three, from […]
- 25 May 2024
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Anesthesiologist Vasyl/Patrick: “In essence, we are both military tourists and medical professionals here”
One look at Vasyl is enough to understand why he has a “slightly Irish” nickname — “Patrick.” Vasyl Filip, an anesthesiologist, is already on his third mission with PDMSh. Despite not feeling a strong draw to the front lines, he carries a sense of duty deep within his soul. He humbly downplays his contribution to […]
- 18 May 2024
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Anesthesiologist “Bulka”: “I don’t want the war to be imprinted on my son’s mind”
Maryana Bondarchuk from Kryvy Rih has a pseudo “Bulka” (“Loaf”). Why? “That’s my dog’s name. I am not often at home, and when my mother calls Bulka, the dog runs, and I follow him,” says the girl, laughing. Maryana is an anesthesiologist. She came on a mission with PDMSh for the first time in the […]
- 11 May 2024
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“Being here is emotionally challenging, but when you realize you can save someone’s life, everything else fades away”
Without collusion, Lyudmila (“Lyalya”) and Dima (“Delta”), PDMSh volunteer medics, explain their stay at the front with the exact words: at this time, we are needed here more than anywhere else. Lyalya, hailing from Uzhhorod, works in a hospital’s intensive care unit, while Delta, a Kyivan, serves as an ambulance doctor. Lyalya once had a […]
- 08 May 2024
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Medevac all-terrain vehicle and advanced defibrillator radically change the structure of PDMSh revenues and expenditures in April
The structure of PDMSh revenues and expenditures in April underwent significant changes compared to the previous month, for which we first published, so to speak, the “Financial Statement for Dummies.” The second installment in paying for the “off-road king,” SHERP N 1200 medevac (photo above), which is due off the assembly line this month, and […]
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PDMSh financial report for June 2024- 15.07.2024
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Armani: Not Giorgio, but Suren!- 06.07.2024
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