ANNOUNCEMENT: Opening of a modern rehabilitation building at the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center

Date: April 11

Time: 12:30-13:00

Location: UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, 25 Ivana Mazepy St.

Participants: 

– Andrii Sadovyi, Mayor of Lviv;

– Oleh Samchuk, General Director of the Lviv First Territorial Medical Union;

– Maksym Dotsenko, General Director of the National Committee of the Ukrainian Red Cross;

– Thomas Taig, President of the Direct Relief humanitarian organization;

– Martin Horn, Mayor of Freiburg (Germany);

– Dmytro Kozatskyi, Azovstal photographer, defender of Mariupol;

– Oleksii Shershen, CEO of Signify Ukraine;

– Olha Ahafonova, Acting Director and official representative of IKEA in Ukraine;

Moderator: Iryna Zaslavets, Director of Development at the Lviv First Medical Union, Head of the UNBROKEN project.

Lviv became the rear for Ukrainians fleeing the war. The city hosted over 5 million people, including more than 11,000 wounded. The UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, based on the Lviv First Medical Union, took over their treatment and recovery.

The old polyclinic block has been converted into a modern rehabilitation building, the first section of which will open on Tuesday, April 11.

Hundreds of specialists will fight for every new movement of those injured by the war. There are seven floors for rehabilitation with models of an apartment and even a store so that the patient can prepare for new living conditions as much as possible. Every year, 10 thousand of Ukrainians will be able to receive aid here.

Specialists use modern equipment and the latest techniques to restore the military’s normal life. Also, the treatment of civilians injured by the enemy’s armed aggression. Also, on this day, an “Unbroken People” exhibition created by Dmytro Kozatskiy, Azovstal photographer and Mariupol defender, will be opened in the building. Dmytro photographed patients and doctors of the UNBROKEN Center.

Journalists will also have the opportunity to talk to patients at the rehabilitation center. 

Accreditation: https://forms.gle/SFGrwTkX4LW6Zb8F6

?Media Center is located at 20 Ruska Street and functions as a co-working space from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Contact phone:

+38 067 652 91 97

Read more: https://mediacenter.org.ua/news