Svitlana Druzenko: “We have a red zone even where we live”
When PFVMH was going eastward, it was supposed that the volunteer medics would not work in the “red zone,” Svitlana Druzenko, coordinator of the volunteer hospital’s evacuation crews told journalist Dmitry Tuzov in an interview. “But it turns out that we have a red zone almost all the time, even where we live, let alone […]
- 31 May 2022
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WE ARE FIGHTING! (Updated daily)
After fascist Moscovia took its eight-year aggression against Ukraine to the level of a full-scale war, we promised that Ukrainians would fight. The Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital is as good as its word. This page is a retrospective chronology of the PFVMH’s participation in this new phase of the war. We will also update […]
- 31 May 2022
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PFVMH-Zhytomyr on Suspilne
Yesterday, the Suspilne channel dedicated one of its reports to the PFVMH’s Zhytomyr Detachment, which is based at the local ambulance station. Detachment commander Serhiy Harbarchuk told the TV channel about its history and work. A few days ago, we published a report on the work of PFVMH-Zhytomyr during the three months of full-scale war. […]
- 30 May 2022
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Unimagined Doc Martin: “It’s not Ukraine’s war, it’s Europe’s war, my war”
Unlike the hero of the popular series who left his job as a vascular surgeon at a prestigious London institution due to hemophobia and went to work as a GP in a small town, unimagined Martin Wyness and real hero left his business in Southampton and went to where blood flowed in streams – the […]
- 29 May 2022
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PFVMH goes to the front again
A group of volunteer medics today went to the area of hostilities in eastern Ukraine in the second rotation of PFVMH after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of orcs. The group consists of 43 volunteers who will form nine teams: Two stabilization posts – usually on the basis of a local hospital at a […]
- 26 May 2022
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Since the beginning of full-scale war, Zhytomyr PFVMH Detachment has assisted 700 patients
Over three months of activity, the Zhytomyr PFVMH Detachment provided medical care to 700 servicemen and civilians, of whom 588 patients were taken to medical institutions in the city and the region, detachment commander Serhiy Harbarchuk reported. The results of their work are impressive – given that the Zhytomyr PFVMH Detachment was established on the […]
- 25 May 2022
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Boombox frontman Andriy Khlyvnyuk supports the PFVMH fundraising campaign
Volunteer medics desperately need armored evacuation vehicles. The availability of armored “horses” for PFVMH will significantly reduce risks for both the medics and the wounded soldiers whom they are evacuating from the red zone. PFVMH leader Gennady Druzenko and Boombox frontman Andriy Khlyvnyuk appeal to all people of goodwill to support the Armored Ambulances 4 […]
- 25 May 2022
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Ukrainian ark for PFVMH
Medics on the front line desperately need armored evacuation vehicles. We have been looking for them since the beginning of the full-scale war. We are happy to have 15-or-more-year-old used Defenders and Pinzgauers… And here it turns out that Ukrainian mechanics have long made a fantastic vehicle that is so needed today in the hottest […]
- 24 May 2022
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Sieci Prawdy: “Pulling from the hands of death”
After his report on PFVMH medics for the Telewizja wPolsce channel, journalist Jakub Maciejewski published a detailed story on the hospital’s operations at the frontline in Sieci, a Polish magazine. “That evening, the wounded were barely taken from the front fire, and by the end of the course, a pool of blood poured from the […]
- 19 May 2022
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NYT: “In Ukraine, Gruesome Injuries and Not Enough Doctors to Treat Them”
The New York Times yesterday published a story on the provision of medical care to wounded defenders of Ukraine. Inter alia, the story mentions PFVMH. “Operating with skeleton crews, doctors and nurses race to save limbs, and lives. It’s a grim routine for medical personnel often working around the clock. And not all limbs can […]
