PFVMH “has gone to Husarivka.” Good luck, whatever that means!
A few days ago, a Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital team entered the just-liberated village of Nova Husarivka in Kharkiv Oblast to set up a stabilization point in the local high school. “There, we were met by the russian world ‘in all its glory.’” says Tavel, a member of the PFVMH stabilization & evacuation team, […]
- 14 September 2022
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Olha Simonova, the warrior who lived up to her choices
Three days ago, 34-year-old Olha shared her impressions on Facebook of a two-month experience driving on the frontline. Two days ago, she shared a post about a fallen hero. And yesterday, she joined the pantheon of departed Ukrainian heroes, having died while fighting for Ukraine somewhere in its Wild Fields. Sergeant Olha Simonova, infantry fighting […]
- 11 September 2022
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You have to pay for an offensive. There are many wounded – Gennady Druzenko
Shortly before the liberation of Balakliya, the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital deployed a large stabilization point in the area of this city in the Kharkiv Oblast. According to the hospital leader, Gennady Druzenko, PFVMH knew about the attack and advanced from the place of permanent deployment. The point was set up in a half-ruined […]
- 24 August 2022
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What Ukraine are we fighting for?
Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine. By now, Ukrainians have already shown that freedom and independence are the things without which the existence of our people is impossible. There can be no compromises or concessions here. For these values, our defenders are ready to give the most precious thing they have – their lives. […]
- 11 August 2022
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Die Welt: Bitter everyday life in a front hospital
A report on the Die Welt news channel on PFVMH’s joint work together with military medics and Hospitaliers.
- 09 August 2022
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What does care for the wounded at the front look like? An amazing story and an important message: “When they managed to divide us, we used to end up in Siberia”
“Thank you, Polish brothers and sisters, for standing shoulder to shoulder with us and defending our and your freedom,” said Gennadiy Druzenko, founder and leader of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, who in an interview with wPolsce.pl TV reporter Jakub Maciejewski talked about how he and his people save the wounded at the front. […]
- 07 August 2022
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The war has become a challenge for volunteer medics
In an interview with the Polish Radio Ukrainian Service, PFVMH leader Gennady Druzenko admitted that “sometimes, the experienced doctors of the First Volunteer Mobile Hospital for the first time see such severe injuries” during this war. “We have to learn to live in a state of war. Like Israel has been living for decades. We […]
- 04 August 2022
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“Only together, helping each other, can we hold back this horde” – Gennadiy Druzenko
Appeal to Ukrainians and friends of Ukraine around the world We’ve been defending Ukraine from the russian invasion for almost six months. Any war naturally enhances the role of the state in society. Any war naturally narrows the room for freedom in the warring country. Any war means censorship in the media, restrictions on freedom […]
- 28 July 2022
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Changes in the PFVMH management
The leadership of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital underwent some changes as a result of changes in the hospital’s activities due to the full-scale aggression of russia. Oleh Shyba and Gennadiy Druzenko have swapped their positions, and now the former is the PFVMH Supervisory Board Chairman, and the latter is the PFVMH President. Colonel […]
- 25 July 2022
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“Rules do not apply in this war” – Svitlana Druzenko
Medical evacuation coordinator Svitlana Druzenko, who rescues the wounded on the line of contact, told NV how the mobile hospital functions under shelling. Currently, PFVMH has a lot of work in the country’s east: the hospital’s medics go to the sites of rocket attacks and are on duty close to the contact line – to […]