Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital

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Interview with the PFVMH Board of Trustees Chairman

The “golden hour” is a key term in the military medicine. It means the time span during which qualified medical aid must be provided to a wounded warrior, and the vital functions of his body stabilized. As minutes pass, his chance for not only effective treatment of his wound but even the very survival gets slimmer. According to the chairman of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital Board of Trustees, Gennadiy Druzenko, 80% of fatalities in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) result from failure to provide timely medical care. He says the reason for this is the lack of properly equipped hospitals (some having been destroyed or damaged) and skilled doctors, first and foremost surgeons, within dozens of kilometers from the battlefield. The Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital (PFVMH) was established in order to provide timely and effective medical aid to wounded warriors and civilian residents in the ATO zone. Mr. Druzenko explains the hospital’s structure and operation mode. (Read the interview)

Contacts

Strategic and international questions and communication with the Government, media and public: Gennadiy Druzenko, PFVMH President: (+380) 63 223 2999, gdruzenko@medbat.org.ua.

General and organizational questions: Tamila Danilevska: (+380) 66 681 1425, tdanilevska@medbat.org.ua.

Medical questions — Dmytro Vernyhor: (+380)  63 708 7080.