PFVMH academic level reinforced by one more D.Sc.
One more Doctor of Science was added today to the volunteers’ ranks of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital: in the National Cancer Institute, a doctoral thesis was defended by oncogynecologist Andriy Rybin, assistant professor at the Odesa National Medical University. In August 2017, Andriy worked at the Popasna Central District Hospital, Luhansk Oblast, within […]
- 25 May 2018
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Night shelling damages two PFVMH vehicles
Two ambulances of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital sustained damage in the last night SPG shelling by Russian troops of the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government, the PFVMH vice president in charge of liaison with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Hahayev, reported in a Facebook post. According to the report, the Chrysler […]
- 23 May 2018
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Bill on granting the combat participant status to civilian volunteer medics registered with VR
Draft law #8395 to amend the Law of Ukraine “On the status of war veterans and guarantees of their social protection was registered with the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) today. The bill aims at ensuring fair attitude towards civilian medics who volunteered to work in the armed conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine, making them equal in […]
- 23 May 2018
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PFVMH leaders meet Defense Minister Poltorak
Today, the executive director of the Charitable Foundation “Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital”, Taminla Danilevska, and the PFVMH vice president in charge of liaison with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies, Oleksandr Hahayev, met with Defense Minister of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak. The chairwoman of the Parliamentary Health Committee and member of the […]
- 22 May 2018
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PFVMH organizes pre-medical aid training for 93rd DMBr
On Monday, the Piroogv First Volunteer Mobile Hospital organized training in pre-medical aid for the 93rd Detached Mechanized Brigade, the military unit reported on its Facebook page. According to the report, “medics and warriors of the 93rd DMBr practiced properly stopping a wound, restoring the patency of airways, dealing with chest traumas and preparing the […]
- 21 May 2018
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Last five days of April mission in Avdiyivka, PFVMH doctors slept dressed, in combat boots, with ballistic vests under their heads
Two doctors from Cherkasy oblast spent this year’s April in Avdiyivka near Donetsk, working with evacuation teams within the medical company of a very famous Armed Forces of Ukraine unit (we do not name it, being unsure if we have the right to). For Vadym Kozlovsky, Deputy Head Physician and surgeon of the Smila Central […]
- 11 May 2018
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PFVMH mission in April: transition from chill to warmth and from ATO to JFO
The April mission of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, as compared to the previous one, features a reduction in the number of patients, who were treated by the volunteer medics, by nearly a factor of 10: 436 in April against over 3,000 in March. The reason was not so much the coming of long-awaited […]
- 12 April 2018
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Icons exhibition in support of PFVMH opens in LA
An exhibition of “The Icons on Ammo Boxes” showcasing works by Kyivan artists Oleksandr Klymenko and Sofia Atlantova was opened on Wednesday at the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. Two icons were sold on the first day, the receipts going to support activities of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital. The exhibition was […]
- 11 April 2018
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“Easter truce”: PFVMH doctor goes to evacuate wounded warrior
Yesterday night, a doctor of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital’s evacuation team within a military vehicle crew went for evacuation of a wounded soldier. Happily, the wound was not too serious, and after examination the warrior was promptly delivered to a hospital. “There was nothing especially serious – a tangential wound,” Vadym Kozlovsky reported. […]
- 11 April 2018
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PFVMH March mission in Eastern Ukraine: over 3,000 patients
During March, 24 medics of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone provided care to 3,224 patients. Nine of them were working at civilian hospitals in Luhansk Oblast’s Novoaydar, Popasna, Stanytsya Luhanska and Schastya as well as Donetsk Oblast’s Avdiyivka, and 15, in medical evacuation teams that reinforced the medical service […]
