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Andrew was born in the U.S.A., but he has Ukrainian roots – two grandfathers from Lviv. By profession, he is a family physician. When russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Andrew first provided medical aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland as a volunteer. And later he became part of a team of medical and psychological care volunteers who help people at the railway station in Lviv. The man also teaches tactical medicine to his colleagues.

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Kateryna Halushka is a volunteer and combat medic with the Hospitallers Medical Battalion. Even before the full-scale invasion, Kateryna underwent Hospitallers training and served at rotation method. After February 24, she rejoined the Hospitallers: from mid-March to mid-April 2022, she worked in the Kyiv region: Bucha, Hostomel, and Irpin. Then she went to the East to rescue the military in the Avdiivka sector. During the war, Kateryna lost her beloved: he and his unit were going to liberate Mariupol but were killed in action. Now Kateryna works in the Armed Forces as a communications officer.  She has now returned to Kyiv, and in a month, she will return to the East.

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Next week, a team of doctors from the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery is going to Donetsk region to examine the hearts of children and adults. They will work in settlements of Volnovakha and Pokrovsk districts.

This will be the team’s fifth visit to Donetsk region. During the previous trips, doctors examined almost 600 children and adults. Some of the examined children have already undergone the necessary heart surgeries at the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (free of charge).

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FRIDA Ukraine teams of doctors to leave for two missions that will be carried out simultaneously in the Donetsk and Sumy regions. For two days, doctors will conduct full outpatient appointments in regional communities.

25 doctors divided into teams will work in several settlements in Donetsk Oblast at the same time. The teams of surgeons, cardiologists, dermatologists, ophthalmologists, and other specialists. A team of 16 doctors is going on a mission to Sumy Oblast.

Journalists can join the team of medical volunteers during the planned missions. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without traveling to the hot spots.

Holding a pre-accreditated status is required.

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The country’s only First Military Veterinary Clinic is operating in Khmelnytskyi. The clinic’s veterinarians treat both service animals and pets of internally displaced persons. Often, their patients are animals that got concussions or were wounded by shell fragments.  

Vets also travel to the frontline and de-occupied territories to rescue animals. For example, the veterinary center now shelters a fox from Bucha, which was found by local children and handed over to doctors. Despite burns covering 80% of the animal’s body, medical professionals managed to save it.

Overall, since February last year, the clinic’s specialists have helped several thousand animals.

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Neopalymi (Unburnt) is a national program of external rehabilitation for war-affected people. Everyone who needs help can receive free treatment for burns or scars of a non-domestic nature within the project.

For example, the project treats Natalia, who was injured in Mariupol in mid-March 2022. She took her children to a shelter and returned to get her belongings when an air raid hit. Illia, who joined the ranks of defenders voluntarily, got severe burns last September due to a tank fire. A patient named Olha was injured as a result of a rocket attack targeting Vinnytsia (the fire broke out, giving a woman hand burns, leaving post-burn scars, and making her undergo a transplant). Another victim named Tina received a scar on her forehead as it took her to crawl on the ground during enemy shelling.

Journalists can learn more about the project and talk to people who receive burns, scalds, and scars course of treatment, wherever possible. The Neopalymi project operates throughout Ukraine, as well as in Poland and Moldova.

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The Superhumans Center is a modern clinic in Ukraine that provides free medical services for prosthetics, rehabilitation, reconstructive surgery, and PTSD treatment. In addition, the center owns a laboratory where prostheses are manufactured.

Journalists can learn more about the clinic’s activities and talk to those the specialists provide assistance to, wherever possible. 

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Medical volunteers of FRIDA Ukraine will provide assistance to people in Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions.

In Kharkiv oblast, 25 doctors will work in close proximity to the front line. The team includes: therapists, surgeons, pediatricians, dentists, urologists, ophthalmologists and other doctors.

A team of 20 doctors will also go on a mission to Zaporizhia region.

Journalists can join the volunteer medical team during scheduled missions. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without going to hot spots.

Accreditation is required. 

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Paramedic Liudmyla, call sign “Ariyka,” has been rescuing the wounded since 2014. During russia’s full-scale invasion, the woman left her job at a publishing house and started rescuing people at the front, including in the hottest spots. Liudmyla rescues people as part of the volunteer medical battalion “Hospitallers.”

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“Dental Front is a charity project of the Association of Implantologists of Ukraine, assisting dental clinics and specialists in the field. Recently, the first dental readiness and oral health clinic for military service in Ukraine was opened in the Lviv region. It will provide free dental services, ensuring mobilized soldiers medical readiness prior to deployment. Later, similar clinics will be opened in Kyiv and Dnipro Oblasts (in general, the project will be implemented in all regions).

For reference: the project website states that every 3rd soldier has a dental problem. Because of this, soldiers experience great discomfort and often suffer from unbearable pain when they get to the front.

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