The number of PFVMH patients has exceeded 20,000 since the full-scale war began
Over the past 13 months – after the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital returned to the Eastern Front – its volunteer medics provided care to more than 20,000 patients, the PFVMH president and co-founder, Gennady Druzenko, reported on Thursday. According to his estimate, every tenth wounded fighter of the Defense Forces of Ukraine met with […]
- 29 May 2023
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How the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital operates during the full-scale war
On Monday, UkraineWorld published a story by Olha Tatokhina about the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital (PFVMH) – a “group of civilian volunteer medics and support staff who provide medical assistance at the front in Ukraine.” “Unlike many other units, PFVMH volunteers are professional medics. 95% of the Hospital’s volunteers work for free. The unit’s […]
- 04 February 2023
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate supports a PFVMH armored ambulances fundraising campaign
Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk, the head of the Center for Civil Liberties and a Nobel Peace Prize 2022 laureate, has called for donating to a campaign to raise funds to buy ten armored ambulances for the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital. In a tweet, Matviichuk says the frontline medics badly need armored evacuation […]
- 24 December 2022
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Jesus will get you, U.S. medic tells Putin from Ukraine front line
DONETSK FRONT LINE, Dec 23 (Reuters) – “Take the chest guy,” barked volunteer U.S. nurse Jennifer Mullee as shells exploded close to the Donetsk front line, triaging wounded Ukrainian soldiers before taking time to relay a personal warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mullee worked as an emergency nurse in a hospital in Los Angeles […]
- 23 December 2022
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On the brink of life and death: how Ukrainian wounded are saved in Lyman under “Grads” and “Uragans”
More than 800 medics of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital helped thousands of people during the eight years of the unit’s existence. They saved wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. Currently, PFVMH medics continue to serve in the hottest areas of the front. They evacuate the wounded, stabilize their condition, transport them to hospitals in […]
- 22 December 2022
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Field medicine: How Ukrainian volunteer medics work at the zero point
The Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital runs a medical center in Lyman, Donetsk Oblast. It is here that they provide first aid to wounded soldiers and civilians. Ninety percent of all wounds are caused by fragments from explosions. Despite all the difficulties, the morale of the military is at a high level. The Ukrainian Armed […]
- 21 December 2022
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ICTV: “Medics at the forefront are now like gods”
The ICTV channel in their news program showed the work of medics at the front of the Russian-Ukrainian war. “The more intense the fighting, the more work they have,” the journalists say. “Doctors at the front are now like gods. It is they who have to save the lives of our defenders every day. Often […]
- 19 December 2022
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Maestro. The last interview
Yesterday, our brother Serhiy Harbarchuk, Maestro, went to eternity. One of those who created PFVMH eight years ago. He was about to return to us at the front, but fate has decided otherwise… Larisa Artyugina has recently filmed our brother. We still can’t believe that this is his last footage, his last interview… You loved […]
- 15 December 2022
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PFVMH: eight years at the front
Eight years ago – on Dec. 15, 2014 – the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital went to the front for the first time. Since then, hundreds of volunteer medics, thousands of saved lives, and tens of thousands of patients have turned PFVMH into one of the legends of this war. But the main achievements are […]
- 10 December 2022
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Bo, not the bear
Pseudo “Bo,” 42, a driver/paramedic, the location’s senior driver. In his civilian life, he worked all the time at the wheel, mainly for bank collection services. He has been volunteering for PFVMH since 2015. His first long, five-month mission began in July 2022 in Bakhmut. He worked in the village of Luhanske near Svitlodar, then […]