The Kvitna Charitable Foundation has conducted free breast cancer screenings for more than 2,000 women over the five months of its Mobile Medical Platform.
According to the foundation’s press release, the mobile medical platform project began operating in May 2023. As part of the project, visitors can receive a free medical examination and consultation.
“The idea of creating a mobile medical platform has been around since the beginning of the full-scale war. This initiative is relevant for providing medical care to people in the destroyed regions, in settlements with many internally displaced persons, as well as in those cities and towns where there is simply no access to medical examination,” the foundation reports.
In addition, the foundation has purchased equipment and reagents worth more than UAH 1.5 million for the National Cancer Institute (NCR), and has implemented more than 40 awareness-raising campaigns.
The mobile medical platform is a converted room on wheels specially designed for medical purposes. Its autonomy is ensured by its own power generator to provide comfortable conditions for visitors. The platform is connected to the Starlink network to ensure constant communication.
Inside there are two rooms, a bathroom and a refrigerator for storing medicines. The platform is equipped with an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus with a set of sensors for various examinations, including ultrasound of the thyroid gland, breast, abdominal organs, pelvic organs, etc.
The Ministry of Health has developed and is preparing for implementation the National Cancer Control Strategy until 2030, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said during a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
“The Ministry of Health in 2020 has developed a National Cancer Control Strategy until 2030, the implementation of which will start in the near future,” he said.
The minister said that it is planned to expand the list of services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer under the medical guarantees program.
“In 2020, 118 medical institutions provided services for the diagnosis of oncological diseases. In 2021, we will expand the list of such services as much as possible,” Stepanov said.
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development is ready to provide Ukraine with a loan for investment projects in the field of cancer treatment, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health said on its official website. According to its data, the issues of cooperation were discussed at the fourth meeting of the Ukrainian-Kuwaiti intergovernmental commission on economic, technical and trade cooperation. “In particular, the parties discussed investment projects for cancer treatment and bone marrow transplantation. It’s not a secret to anyone that these issues are the most painful for our healthcare system. For example, this year about UAH 580 million has been spent on the Treatment Abroad program from the national budget. That is why we need investment projects that would develop transplantation in Ukraine,” Deputy Health Minister Pavlo Kovtoniuk said.
During the meeting, Health Minister of Kuwait Basel Hamoud Al-Sabah and Kovtoniuk discussed the progress of healthcare reforms in Ukraine.
“The Kuwaiti side is very interested in the changes we are introducing, because in the near future we plan to significantly reform the financing system of this industry. The Deputy Health Minister of Kuwait noted that the system should be as effective as possible regardless of how much money the country allocates for medicine. That is why he considers primary development to be the priority and is interested in our experience,” Kovtoniuk said.
