The Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy named after V.P.Filatov of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (Odessa) for six months of 2023 conducted more than 90 thousand consultations in the consultative polyclinic, the number of patients treated in the hospital is approaching to the indicators of pre-war and pre-Cold War times and amounts to 6666 patients.
Sergey Katsan, deputy director of the Institute for scientific and medical work, told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency that among the recent trends, in particular, are the consequences of an increase in the number of patients who come to the clinic “with far advanced stages of eye diseases, with complications, which further leads to longer treatment periods, inability to overcome the disease with therapeutic methods, the emergence of the need for surgical treatment.”
“First of all it concerns patients with inflammatory diseases of the organ of vision, ophthalmo-oncology. The number of patients of the department of microsurgical treatment of pediatric eye diseases has also increased,” he said.
At the same time, Katsan noted that “with the beginning of hostilities significantly increased the number of patients with traumatic lesions, both as a result of enemy actions, and with domestic injuries (especially, this applies to children)”.
In addition, according to Katsan, the number of cataract and glaucoma patients has increased compared to pre-war and pre-Cold War figures.
The Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy named after V.P. Filatov of the National Academy of Sciences of Russia. V.P. Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of NAMNU was founded in 1936. It is a leading scientific and medical institution and a national center of scientific research in the field of ophthalmology. On the basis of the Institute there are four national centers, which cover the most common ophthalmic pathologies: Ukrainian Ophthalmotraumatology Center, Center of Pediatric Ophthalmopathology, Center of Ophthalmic Oncology, Eye Burn Center.
The Institute’s clinic is an ophthalmology center where all types of diagnostics and treatment of eye diseases with the use of innovative technologies are carried out.
In June 2023, the Dobrobut medical network increased the number of consultations by almost 30% for adults and 70% for children compared to June 2022.
According to Interfax-Ukraine, in particular, in June 2023, the number of visitors to Dobrobut medical centers amounted to 40 thousand, while in June 2021 the network received 50 thousand visitors, and in June 2022 – 28 thousand visitors.
The network noted that the top 3 most popular specialists for adult consultations in 2022 were general practitioners, gynecologists, and neurologists, while in 2023 the most popular were general practitioners, gynecologists, and otolaryngologists.
“Dobrobut is one of the largest private medical chains in Ukraine. The network includes 17 medical centers in Kyiv and Kyiv region, an emergency service, dentistry and pharmacies. The medical centers of the network provide services for children and adults in more than 75 medical areas. Every year, Dobrobut specialists perform more than 7000 surgeries. The network employs 2700 people.
Since the first days of the war, Dobrobut’s medical and diagnostic center in Kyiv, with the support of Direct Relief International and Dobrobut Foundation, has been providing free assistance to wounded soldiers and people in difficult situations due to the war.
“Dobrobut became the first private network in Ukraine to receive funding from the U.S. federal government – with the support of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the company will build a modern physical rehabilitation center.
Dobrobut medical network will hold free “Skin Check” and “Melanoma Week at Dobrobut” events for World Melanoma Day, which will include medical consultations with dermatoscopy.
According to the nurse’s press release, the May 11 campaign will include a joint event with the Inspiration Family Foundation and Peremoga, “Check Your Moles. Awareness, not shade, will save from skin cancer,” in which Dobrobut dermatologists will hold free medical consultations with dermatoscopy for everyone by pre-registration. If necessary, which is determined by the doctor, with the support of our partner medical laboratory “DILA” in the medical centers of “Dobrobut” are also available for free tests “excisional biopsy” or “panch-biopsy” for a month from the date of consultation.
Also, during the event, Maria Kukushkina, a leading dermatologist and oncologic surgeon at Dobrobut, will give a lecture on “The Truth and Myths about Melanoma and Skin Cancers.
In addition, from May 22 to 29, as part of the Melanoma Week event at Dobrobut, similar services will be available to everyone at any of the Dobrobut medical centers.
“According to the WHO, about 57 thousand deaths from melanoma are registered in the world every year. Every year around 2.4 thousand new cases are diagnosed in Ukraine – one third of them are discovered during mass check-ups. Melanoma incidence has been increasing rapidly over the last decades, and accounts for up to 10% of all newly detected skin tumors. “Unfortunately, in times of war, many do not have access to diagnosis or neglect screenings, so experts predict an increase in the number of cases detected in the later stages of the disease in the coming years,” Dobrobut emphasized.
“Dobrobut” is one of the largest private medical networks in Ukraine. The network includes 17 medical centers in Kyiv and Kyiv region, emergency service, dentistry and pharmacies. Network medical centers provide services to children and adults in more than 75 medical fields. Annually experts of “Dobrobut” carry out more than 7000 operations. The network has over 2800 employees.
The network collaborates with a number of international charitable organizations such as Direct Relief International, Children of War Foundation, International Medical Corps and University of Miami Global Institute. According to the company, thanks to the work of Direct Relief International and the Dobrobut Foundation, wounded war veterans and people stranded by war are able to receive free care at the Dobrobut Treatment and Diagnostic Center.
According to the company, Dobrobut has become the first private medical network in Ukraine to receive funding from the U.S. federal government: with support from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the company will build a modern physical rehabilitation center.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba held a telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the initiative of the French side.
“Dmytro Kuleba separately touched upon the issue of France’s recognition of Ukrainian certificates of vaccination against COVID-19. The parties agreed that the corresponding Ukrainian-French consultations will soon take place,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
The ministers noted the unprecedentedly high level that bilateral relations between Ukraine and France have now reached. The French minister expressed satisfaction with the close dialogue he had with his Ukrainian counterpart.
Le Drian expressed his gratitude to Kuleba for his personal assistance in the quick and well-coordinated relocation of the French Embassy in Ukraine to the new premises.
“The ministers welcomed the active development of economic cooperation, in particular the conclusion of four strategic intergovernmental agreements totaling more than EUR 1.3 billion. The parties positively noted a recent visit of a plenipotentiary delegation of the Movement of the Enterprises of France [MEDEF] to Ukraine, which included top leaders of a number of French companies,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said.
The parties also discussed the prospects for the Normandy format at all levels: heads of state and government, foreign ministers, and advisers to leaders.
“Kuleba noted that Ukraine highly appreciates the efforts of France in the framework of the Normandy format, which despite the provocative behavior of Russia, remains the main platform for the settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict,” the ministry said.
In addition, Le Drian explained in detail to Kuleba the motives behind a recent German-French initiative to restore the EU’s dialogue with the Russian Federation, which did not find support among the EU member states.
“The French minister stressed that Paris is in favor of a demanding dialogue towards Moscow. The head of Ukrainian diplomacy recalled that the EU suspended summits with Russia in 2014 as a result of Russia’s aggression against our state, and without constructive steps from the Russian side, there are no grounds to talk about the restoration of this format of a dialogue,” the report said.
Consultations on the national budget for 2021 will begin next week, head of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia has stated.
“Regarding the budget – in a working order, everything is fine, as it was previously agreed. Next week, consultations will begin. And I think that we will go to the vote next week,” he told reporters on Saturday after a joint meeting of the leadership of the parliament and the government and the faction leaders.
“At the same time, when asked when the issue of considering the state budget may appear on the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada, the politician said that “it may even appear before Friday.”
As reported, on November 5, the Verkhovna Rada supported, with a delay of two weeks from the schedule laid down in the Budget Code, government bill No. 4000 on the national budget of Ukraine for 2021 at first reading, having adopted budgetary conclusions and recommending that the government take them into account when preparing the document for the second reading and increase revenues by UAH 20.2 billion.
The mobile communications operator Kyivstar jointly with Doctor Online company will make consultations of doctors in the eponymous application free of charge for subscribers of all telecom operators.
The Kyivstar’s press service reported on Wednesday that users, regardless of location, will be able to consult with more than 40 qualified doctors and receive treatment recommendations using a chat, video or audio call 24/7 for free.
“Today, people around the world are forced to fight against new viruses and difficulties. Since it is now not recommended to go outside, use public transport and contact with a large number of people, we decided to facilitate the process of visiting a doctor so that one does not have to visit hospitals unless one has to. Our application will be useful to elderly people and families with small children, those who live outside the city or stay abroad,” the press service said, citing Kyivstar Chief Marketing Officer Pavlo Daniman.
According to the operator, a series of updates has also appeared in the Doctor Online application. In particular, now during a video or audio consultation the patient has the opportunity of sending files to the doctor (tests for interpretation, photos, previous appointments, etc.).
In addition, if the doctor recommends taking tests, the user can immediately sign up for a test in the laboratory in the application and pay with a bank card.
A history of past consultations and the ability to leave feedback on the work of a doctor are also added.
Kyivstar said that over 3,000 users have downloaded the Doctor Online application in three months. Family doctors and pediatricians lead among calls to doctors. During this time, patients most often treated with symptoms of acute respiratory viral diseases (ARVI), problems with pressure and laryngotracheitis.
The Doctor Online application is a telemedicine application developed by the eponymous company with the support of Kyivstar. In the application, users can: turn to a specialist for advice either via chat, or via video or audio call, receive an order to undergo screening to the Synevo partner laboratory, order drug delivery from a partner in the Liki24.com application, and also schedule the drug uptake in the calendar and at the right time the application will remind of the need for taking a drug.
The application is available for use by subscribers of all mobile operators. Megabytes for use will be charged according to the tariff plan.
Kyivstar said that all user personal data is protected. The Doctor Online adheres to the best world practices of interpretation, storage and protection of information. A secure chat-audio-video communication platform is used, which provides storage and non-disclosure of users’ personal data in accordance with the User Agreement and in accordance with legislation on the protection of personal data.
