Dobrobut Medical Network has opened an ophthalmology clinic at its multidisciplinary hospital on Bazhana Avenue in Kyiv. According to a press release from the healthcare chain, the clinic provides a full range of ophthalmology services – from outpatient appointments and diagnostics to surgical interventions of any complexity.
The team of ophthalmic surgeons at Dobrobut Clinic is headed by a married couple – Professor Andrii Sergienko, MD, and Victoria Sergienko, PhD. Professor Sergienko has been developing the field of treatment of retinal diseases and rare eye pathologies for 35 years. He has performed more than 30 thousand surgeries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
The clinic’s team consists of eight doctors who consult and operate. They will involve colleagues from other medical areas of Dobrobut: neurosurgeons, endocrinologists, cardiologists, and oncodermatologists.
The medical network clarifies that the clinic, in particular, provides medical care to the military with eye injuries caused by small metal fragments or blast waves.
“The war has led to an increase not only in the demand for ophthalmic services, but also in the complexity of the problems patients come with. Collaboration with other Dobrobut doctors will allow us to develop new areas, such as ophthalmogenetics and neuro-ophthalmology to treat complex diseases,” Professor Sergienko said in a press release.
“Dobrobut is one of the largest private medical networks in Ukraine. The company’s portfolio 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 7,000 surgeries. The network employs more than 2,800 people.
Thanks to cooperation with international charitable organizations such as Direct Relief International, Children of War Foundation, International Medical Corps and University of Miami Global Institute, as well as the work of the Dobrobut Foundation charitable foundation, the clinics of the network continued to operate even during the hostilities and provided a significant part of medical services free of charge. Since the first days of the war, the Dobrobut Medical and Diagnostic Center in Kyiv has been providing emergency medical care to Ukraine’s defenders and wounded civilians free of charge 24/7.
As of 10:00 a.m. on December 19, Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest telecom operator, restored high-speed mobile internet in the Kyiv subway, and earlier mobile internet was restored in the Kharkiv subway, the company’s press service said on Tuesday.
“The My Kyivstar information system has been restored, where subscribers can view their account balances. Kyivstar’s telecom network has almost entered the stabilization period,” the statement said.
On the territory controlled by Ukraine, 99% of the base stations are in working order, and all basic services are available to customers: communication and mobile Internet services, SMS, international voice roaming services, etc., the mobile operator’s press service said.
In addition, Kyivstar stores have restored most services.
It is noted that Kyivstar continues to improve the Home Internet service in Kyiv and a number of other places, and also plans to gradually remove restrictions on mobile Internet speeds in the near future.
“Kyivstar specialists are working on the launch of high-speed mobile Internet in roaming and plan to launch this service for Ukrainian subscribers in Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and a number of other countries in the near future,” the company said in a statement.
To stabilize the services, the company has engaged all available technical staff, as well as international partners from Sweden, Ireland, the United States, China, Finland and other countries, the press service said.
Earlier it was reported that Kyivstar expects to achieve full stabilization in the provision of services by the end of the week.
After a failure in the early morning hours of December 12 caused by a large-scale cyberattack, Kyivstar began restoring voice services in the evening of December 13, the company’s mobile Internet service started working again in some regions a day later, and the company announced its full restoration in the country on the evening of December 15.
On December 17, Kivestar resumed providing voice services, including roaming, mobile data, Home Internet, virtual private network (VPN) services and started restoring access to M2M (Machine-to-Machine) services for business customers. Kyivstar restored access to SMS services, including international roaming, and M2M services on 18 December.
Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) has assigned a double-decker Skoda electric train to the Intercity+ route No. 741/742 Kyiv-Lviv for the New Year’s Eve and holidays, the company’s press service said on Wednesday.
According to the telegram, the train will depart from Kyiv on December 22, 24, 28, 30, and January 1, 2, 5, 7 at 14:58 and arrive in Lviv at 20:56.
The train will run back from Lviv on December 23, 25, 29, 31, and January 2, 3, 6, 8, departing at 8:05 a.m. and arriving in Kyiv at 14:10 a.m.
“A convenient transfer to Lviv from a Warsaw flight via Rava-Ruska has also been agreed in this direction,” UZ emphasized.
The company added that at the time of the Skoda electric train’s arrival in Lviv, a train with seating cars will run to Cherkasy on the route No. 729/730 according to a changed schedule.
In addition, an additional train No. 159/160 Kyiv – Truskavets (via Lviv) has been scheduled. It will depart from Kyiv on December 23 and 29 at 10:24 and arrive in Truskavets at 19:35.
In the opposite direction, the train will depart from Truskavets on December 23 and 29 at 8:26 a.m. and arrive in Kyiv at 18:44.
“Tickets for the upcoming dates are already available in the Ukrzaliznytsia app, chatbot, website, and at the ticket offices of the stations,” UZ said.
The Skoda EJ 675 Elephant electric train consists of six double-decker cars, has 636 seats and can accelerate to 160 km/h.
“Ukrzaliznytsia has purchased two Czech electric trains Skoda EJ 675 Elephant in preparation for Euro 2012.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he had approved another $200 million military aid package for Ukraine.
“I just signed a document allocating $200 million for Ukraine’s defense,” Biden said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.
He added that this aid package would be promptly sent to Kyiv.
The US president did not specify what exactly would be included in this tranche of aid.
The event will become a platform for constructive dialogue, expression and discussion of various opinions between the authorities, developers, architects, builders and the public sector
On December 14, the first UKRAINIAN CONSTRUCTION CONGRESS will be held at the CEC “Parkovy” in Kyiv, where participants will have the opportunity to discuss, express their opinions and visions of the Formula for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.
Both foreign partners and the Ukrainian government, developers, builders and architects are already working on planning and implementing the reconstruction of Ukraine. But unfortunately, there is currently no clearly articulated consolidated vision, basic principles, or common vision of cooperation and interaction among all participants in the process. This was the trigger for the idea of discussing the Formula for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.
The UKRAINIAN CONSTRUCTION CONGRESS will become a platform for constructive dialogue, exchange of views and ideas between the government, developers, architects, builders, manufacturers of building materials, the public sector and other industry participants. An important issue of the congress will be the problem of returning Ukrainians from abroad, without whom Ukraine’s recovery is impossible.
The program of the event will include discussion panels, speeches and presentations by experts in various fields.
Mykhailo Podolyak, Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office and Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy Rostyslav Karandeyev, will also deliver a welcoming speech at the event.
The organizers have already announced a list of topics to be discussed at the event, the results and conclusions of which will form the basis of the Formula for Rebuilding Ukraine.
Among them:
– “Education in architecture. Destruction or misunderstanding of the needs of reconstruction?”
– Innovations and their impact on business development;
– “Promising areas of investment in the future reconstruction of Ukraine”;
– “Technologies of future recovery as a tool for modernization of Ukraine”;
– “Money for housing. Sources of income in 2024: investments, sales, mortgages”;
– “City without Borders: own examples and actions towards barrier-free access”;
– “Sustainable City: transforming Ukraine through urban transformation;
– “Ageism. Discrimination against the adult generation”;
– “Architect or developer. Who is in charge?”
Among the panel discussions were “How to build during the war. Innovations in construction”, “What to build during the war”.
“Our congress is a platform where we provide an opportunity for different teams and companies to interact and express their opinions on how Ukraine should move forward in the context of reconstruction,” comments Igor Parubsky, organizer of the Ukrainian Construction Congress.
The discussion of topics and opinions on the Formula for Rebuilding Ukraine will be attended by Tetiana Lomakina, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Barrier-Free Access, Vadym Svyrydenko, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Rehabilitation of Combatants, Daryna Marchak, First Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, Volodymyr Popereshniuk, co-founder of Nova Poshta, Massi Nayyem, Founder of Miller Law Firm, co-founder of the Human Rights Center “Principle”, Artur Mikhno, CEO of work. ua, Anatoliy Amelin – Director of Economic Programs at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, Andriy Dligach – Ph. Sc. Chairman of Advanter Group, Vitaliy Melnyk – Vice President of UDP, Vlad Goldakovskiy – Founder of Goldakovskiy Group Architects, Oleksandr Kashchenko – Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of KNUBA, Anatoliy Davydov – Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of NAOMA, Borys Goldenstein – Founder and CEO of ZEZMAN HOLDING, Andriy Vavrysh, founder of SAGA Development, Mark Kestelboim, CEO of Well-Being contech, Budova, Sergey Samusev, development company ZV Development, Mark Marchenko, CEO of SENSAR Development, Igor Guda, founder of Creator-Bud, Igor Mazepa, CEO of Concorde Capital, and others.
The congress will also feature an analysis of the Ukrainian real estate market by Olga Okhrimenko, an expert of LUN.
Other representatives of the construction industry from all over Ukraine can also take part in the Ukrainian Construction Congress. Admission is free upon pre-registration on the organizer’s website, which reserves the right to refuse participation.
The full program and speakers, as well as the registration form, are available at https://www.ubc-ua.info/.
The curfew for the winter holidays in Kyiv will be in effect as usual – from 00:00 to 05:00, the Kyiv City Military Administration’s telegram channel reported on Sunday.
“There will be no mass events in Kyiv on Christmas and New Year’s Day – no fairs, no celebrations. Such a decision was made by the Kyiv Defense Council,” the message says.
At the same time, a Christmas tree will be installed on St. Sophia Square in the center of Kyiv at the expense of patrons. Installation work is scheduled to begin on Sunday, December 3.
“The opening will be on December 6, St. Nicholas Day. The Christmas tree will be installed exclusively at the expense of patrons – without spending budget funds on the arrangement of the Christmas tree and electricity,” the military administration said.
