Nation’s chief ophthalmologist Oksana Vitovska: “We worked at a pace that I couldn’t care less about whether or not people were aware of my status”
The participation of the Health Ministry’s chief ophthalmologist in the specialized “pediatric landing party” of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital is an extraordinary thing. Since Monday, Prof. Oksana Vitovska, MD, chair of ophthalmology at the Bohomolets National Medical University and Honored Physician of Ukraine, and seven other members of a PFVMH team have been […]
- 18 May 2017
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PFVMH Presented, Volunteer Surgeon Awarded in Smila
Today, in the municipal outpatient clinic for adults of Smila, Cherkasy Oblast, the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital was presented to workers of health care institutions located in the city. PFVMH President Gennadiy Druzenko made a report on the mobile hospital, legal framework for its activities, its achievements, enrolment procedure, and work conditions for volunteer […]
- 17 May 2017
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Over 260 women surveyed by UNFPA/PFVMH mobile gynecologic teams in Luhansk Oblast in first week of joint project
As of May 17, in Luhansk Oblast’s three districts where the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital implement a joint project, preventive examination has been done on a total of 262 women, the project manager reported. Dmytro Vernyhor, who is PFVMH Vice President and Medical Director, said three mobile […]
- 17 May 2017
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PFVMH’s fourth pediatric party lands in Rubizhne, Health Ministry’s chief ophthalmologist on the team
This week Monday to Friday, a specialized team of nine doctors from the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital works in Rubizhne, Luhansk Oblast, to carry out preventive examinations of local children. National Children Specialized Hospital “Okhmadyt” and medical network “Dobrobut” surgeon Serhiy Petryk, who was the spearhead of the PFVMH’s pediatric “landing parties,” says the […]
- 16 May 2017
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Why do we work with civilians in Eastern Ukraine? – PVFMH President Gennadiy Druzenko
In brief, it is our war for the future of Donbas. Moscow and the self-proclaimed fake republics of L/DNR fight to set back the clock of history, trying to resurrect the deceased USSR. Ukrainian warriors fight for today’s Donbas, its land, cities and villages. Volunteer medics of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital fight to […]
- 26 April 2017
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PFVMH project presented in Zaporizhya
Today, the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital was presented in the Zaporizhya Oblast State Administration to the Collegium of the ZOSA Health Department.
- 21 April 2017
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Gennadiy Druzenko: “Besides tragedies and heroism, a war is also a testing ground for the future. There appear solutions you’ll never find in any handbook”
In the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone, medics of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital sometimes carry out operations they would have never performed in their own hospitals, according to PFVMH President Gennadiy Druzenko. The PFVMH cofounder and leader was the guest in the Public Health Forum program, a joint television project of the TB-7 channel and […]
- 15 April 2017
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“A wonderfully planned project” – Oleksandr Litus shares his impression of PFVMH’s “dermatological landing party” in Luhansk Oblast
Prof. Oleksandr Litus, Chair of Dermatovenerology at the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, appeared in the Public Health Forum program, a joint television project of the TB-7 channel and the National Medical Chamber of Ukraine.
- 14 April 2017
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Gennadiy Druzenko: “We take care of people for whom we’ve lighted a ray of hope” – PFVMH patient receives Easter present
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- 11 April 2017
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