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In Kyiv, animal-assisted therapy classes are held for defenders undergoing treatment. A pilot rehabilitation project therapy sessions with animals for the military take place in one of the capital’s medical institutions. The Kyiv Zoo joined the project. (All animals are closely monitored by veterinarians and have the necessary vaccinations.)

For reference: Animal-assisted therapy is a type of therapy that incorporates interaction with animals. The therapeutic intervention aims to improve the patient’s social, emotional, or cognitive functions.

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• military
• psychological support
• Kyiv

Mariana Mamonova, 31, is a doctor, Armed Forces of Ukraine Medical Service Captain who has been traveling to the ATO/JFO area since 2018.

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, she served in Mariupol. In mid-March, she found out that she was bearing a child. Despite pregnancy, she continued to save the lives of others. Later, together with her colleagues and dozens of civilians, she was at the Illich Steel and Iron Works. She was captured by the occupiers on April 4. The pregnant woman spent six months in the Olenivka colony. On September 21, she was set free. Four days after the exchange, she gave birth to a daughter.

For reference: more than 500 Ukrainian doctors are currently being forcibly detained across Russia. There are both civilian and military doctors among them, according to the Center for Civil Liberties. Journalists can also ask for the Center’s experts’ comments.

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• women

On August 8, the Lots of Care project, aimed at multidisciplinary rehabilitation for wounded defenders, will be presented at the Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform. 

Participants:

Serhii Kryzhanovskyi, Chief Doctor at a rehabilitation center

Oleksandr Hudimov, Serviceman in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Oleksandr Gudimov, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Olga Kharlan, Ukraine fencer, Olympic champion.

The “Lots of Care” project aims to raise funds for the high-quality rehabilitation of injured military personnel by selling lots at auction (about 50 famous people will sell lots). All the funds raised will be used for the effective rehabilitation of our defenders.

Event accreditation is required.

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• doctors
• military
• Kyiv

Alisa Shramko took her first first-aid training back in 2018. It was a Hospitallers volunteer medical battalion course. Together with Hospitallers, Alisa went on her first deployment. Later, she became a combat medic instructor for new medics and recruit soilders.

When Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, Alisa was pregnant with her second child. The woman says that the pregnancy was challenging, but despite the difficulties, Alisa escaped from the hospital to conduct first aid training. The paramedic kept taking lessons until she gave birth. After the baby was born, she signed an enlistment contract with the Fastiv First Aid Station, started serving in the capital, and took up the position of a medical corps instructor. Now she often takes her children with her to hold training for newcomers. As a civilian, Alisa works at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage. 

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• military
• women

Roman is an artist from Lviv who taught at the Ukrainian Academy of Printing. On the first day of the full-scale war, he voluntarily joined the Armed Forces. In between combat missions and shelling, he drew with pencils.

He was badly wounded in June this year near Bakhmut. Shrapnel cut the right side of his body. The arm he used to paint with was injured by shrapnel, and his traumatized. Doctors managed to save both limbs.

Now the guy is rehabilitating at the UNBROKEN Center and can hold a brush in his hand again. Roman even had his first master class for UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, where he taught other wounded defenders how to paint.

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• doctors
• military

Viktoriia Kovach has been fighting since 2014, went to the front as a combat medic, and now heads the medical service of the 3rd separate assault brigade. Apart from active duty, Viktoriia has worked at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and has been involved in advocating for the rights of interns and expanding their powers. After her victory, the combat medic dreams of getting a good night’s sleep, reading a book, and hiking in the mountains. 

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On Thursday, August 3, “Okhmatdyt” National Children’s Specialized Hospital doctors will conduct mobile consultations for children in Makariv, Kyiv Oblast.

All children from the city and community are welcome to participate. The visit of the capital’s medical professionals is part of the charitable project “Health Treasury.”

Doctor appointments are available with:

• Olha Medvedieva (Head of the Pediatric Department at “Okhmatdyt”)

• other health professionals

• Vadym Tokar, the mayor of Makariv (about the city’s restoration after the occupation and the healthcare system overview)

• parents, and children living in Makariv.

The “Okhmatdyt” Children’s Hospital specialists have conducted nearly 50 medical services visits of a kind in the past year, including in the liberated cities of Zhytomyr, Kyiv, and Chernihiv Oblasts.

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• Kyiv

On July 29 and 30, during “Kurazh” charity fair in Kyiv, everyone is welcome to play ping-pong with soldiers who were wounded at the front and received prostheses in Superhumans Center, the modern rehabilitation and prosthetics center for victims of war.

Visitors at the event will also be able to hold and even try on one of the prostheses in order to understand what Superhumans Center patients are dealing with and why quality rehabilitation is important to learn to live with a prosthesis.

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• Kyiv

On July 29, specialists of the “Mobile Doctors” project will visit the Nova Basan territorial community in Chernihiv region, which suffered as a result of russia’s full-scale invasion. The community was under occupation for more than a month. On March 31, 2022, the Armed Forces liberated it.

Three mobile outpatient clinics will arrive at the community. Local residents will be able to receive a consultation from a gynecologist, cardiologist, therapist, neurologist, endocrinologist, and ophthalmologist. There will also be ultrasound equipment, an opportunity to test blood and get some free medicine.

For reference: Within 9 months of its existence, “Mobile Doctors” project has turned from a small car with 2 doctor’s offices into the largest fleet of outpatient clinics on wheels in Ukraine providing services in the de-occupied territories. This is a number of trucks that have been converted into clinics in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Health. One vehicle equals three doctor’s offices, qualified healthcare professionals and hundreds of patients who receive high-quality medical services close to home.

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• doctors
• occupation
• Chernihiv

The MOAS Ukraine charitable foundation provides medical assistance to both the military and civilians. The foundation gathered a team of 150 Ukrainian doctors, paramedics, nurses and drivers, who have a “fleet” of 50 ambulances. After being formed MOAS mobile medical teams have helped over 20,000 people. In particular, doctors saved patients from critical injuries caused by mines, fragments of artillery shells, and small arms. Foundation teams work in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia and Kyiv regions. Since the beginning of 2022, MOAS Ukraine has attracted more than USD 10 million for its work through donations from people and non-governmental organizations from the U.S. and the UK.

Journalists are welcome to film the work of mobile teams in different regions upon prior agreement.

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