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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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• Lviv

On June 12, a press conference will be held at NEZLAMNI National Rehabilitation Center, during which experts will present the first case of osseointegration prosthetics in the history of Ukrainian medicine and share their successes.

Osseointegration is the newest technique in our country. During the surgery, a part of the prosthesis is simply implanted into the bone. And after healing and recovery, an artificial foot is fitted.

Defender Ihor Krupnov was the first Ukrainian to receive osseointegration prostheses. The man is 57 years old, who volunteered to go to war. He lost his legs as a result of a mine explosion in a car. The implant surgery was performed on April 10. Six weeks later, on May 24, prosthetists fitted the last part – artificial feet. During the press conference, Ihor and the Center’s experts will talk about how he took his first steps and how he feels now.

It will also be possible to film physical therapy exercises with a robotic walking system.

Accreditation required.

Photos and video materials with all stages of prosthetics and rehabilitation process, as well as Ihor Krupnov’s first steps, will be provided to journalists.

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• Lviv

The Ukrainian-Israeli medical volunteer mission FRIDA Ukraine is currently helping those affected in Kherson region.

The mission mobilized efforts to:

– provide primary and secondary medical care to victims,

– evacuate victims in need of medical assistance to hospitals,

– organize volunteer groups to help with humanitarian and logistical issues.

Very soon, additional 35 specialty physicians will join the team of volunteers to provide high-quality secondary care to everyone who needs it.

Journalists are invited to cover the work of medical volunteers. Accreditation is required. 

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Soldier Pavlo survived his car hitting a mine while driving. Pavlo was driving while returning from a combat mission with his comrades. In a moment, his comrade sitting next to him was burned alive.

Pavlo was wearing glasses that saved his eyes from burns. He tried to get out of the car, but the wreckage pinned his right leg.

The man has already undergone 21 limb-saving surgeries. Currently, the national program #SaveLimb of the International Charitable Foundation “Health of the Ukrainian People” doctors are fighting for the soldier’s limb. Its mission is to stop the invalidism of Ukraine people due to war-related injuries to their arms and legs.

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A social project supporting Ukraine’s defenders has been operating in Lviv and Ternopil since the beginning of the full-scale war.  Here couples can undergo a free infertility treatment program and cryopreserve (freeze) their biological material (sperm and eggs).

Journalists can learn more about this project from Stefan Khmil, MD, a fertility specialist, and from couples who have joined the initiative whenever possible.

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• Lviv
• Ternopil

Soldier Pavlo survived his car hitting a mine while driving. Pavlo was driving while returning from a combat mission with his comrades. In a moment, his comrade sitting next to him was burned alive.

Pavlo was wearing glasses that saved his eyes from burns. He tried to get out of the car, but the wreckage pinned his right leg.

The man has already undergone 21 limb-saving surgeries. Currently, the national program #SaveLimb of the International Charitable Foundation “Health of the Ukrainian People” doctors are fighting for the soldier’s limb. Its mission is to stop the invalidism of Ukraine people due to war-related injuries to their arms and legs.

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FRIDA Ukraine, a mission of Ukrainian-Israeli medical volunteers, continues to provide assistance to the civilian population affected by hostilities.

A total of 3 missions will take place on May 13-14. Two of them will take place in the de-occupied and front-line parts of Kharkiv and Kherson regions. A team of 20 doctors will provide quality medical care in regional communities for two days.

Also, another team of volunteer doctors will take outpatient appointments at the “Enjoying Life: Care” support center for displaced persons in Kyiv as part of the marathon organized jointly with “Enjoying Life” charitable foundation. It is the first time, FRIDA doctors will take appointments with temporarily displaced persons at such a scale.

Journalists are invited to accompany the team of medical volunteers during planned missions in Kharkiv or Kherson regions, or join the mission in Kyiv. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without traveling to hot spots.

Accreditation required.

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• Kharkiv
• Kherson
• Kyiv

Rehabilitation specialists of the Healthy Body project help Ukrainian defenders to recover (in particular, after injuries or carrying heavy ammunition for a long time). Mobile teams go to the military at frontline positions with the necessary equipment: mobile devices for shockwave therapy, ultrasound diagnostics, etc. Specialists can help several dozen defenders in one working day.

Currently, this project, as an experimental freelance physical rehabilitation group, is a part of “Kharkiv” Operational Group of troops. So far, this is the only organizational unit of its kind in the army.

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• Kharkiv