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25 more injured Ukrainians arrive to the East Hospital, totalling more than 360 since the outbreak of war
Today, 24 October 2024, marked the 19th arrival of an aid bus organised by the M-Help.com charity project, delivering Ukrainian soldiers and civilians severely injured in the war started by Russia to Riga East Clinical University Hospital (East Hospital). Today, the East Hospital admitted its 366th patient arriving from Ukraine. 25 injured individuals made the long journey to Latvia, including a thirteen-year-old child who will continue treatment at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital.
25 war victims have made the long journey to Latvia’s largest hospital this time. As usual, patients were admitted to the East Hospital by a multi-disciplinary medical team comprised by various specialists and nursing staff from the Emergency Medicine and Patient Admission Clinic (EMPAC).
All patients arriving from Ukraine to the East Hospital underwent a thorough health evaluation, including various laboratory tests. A minimum of 10 different samples were collected from each patient, and these samples were analysed in the East Hospital’s Laboratory Service for at least 27 different parameters, including the possible presence of multidrug-resistant infections, known to rapidly emerge and spread under wartime conditions. Several injured patients underwent additional radiological examinations by specialists in the Emergency Radiology Department to determine the specifics of their injuries.
One soldier with severe and complex war injuries will be treated in the Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery at the East Hospital, where he will undergo a series of complex and consecutive surgical procedures. Following these intricate and severe operations for war-related injuries, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation specialists, and functional experts will work with the injured.
Meanwhile, other patients will go to other healthcare facilities in Latvia, depending on the nature of their injuries, after being examined at the EMPAC. The thirteen-year-old patient is expected to continue his treatment at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital, eight patients will be transferred to the Vaivari National Rehabilitation Centre, while 15 patients will be transported for long-term rehabilitation to the Jaunķemeri Rehabilitation Centre.
Patients were admitted to the East Hospital by the following EMPAC specialists:
- Emergency medicine doctor Sandra Seimane
- Nurses Ilze Legzdiņa, Andrejs Kučins, Aļona Ježova
- Orderlies Mareks Kānbergs, Genādijs Stepanovs, Nikolajs Družiņins, Pjotrs Aņisimovs
- Nurse assistant Irīna Ivanova
- Registrars Ieva Tālberga, Oksana Svikle, Inese Piekus
The admission process was organized and managed by Aleksejs Višņakovs, Aleksandrs Garins and Inese Larionova.
It is the private initiative by the founders of the charity project M-Help.com, Arvis Rekets and Mārtiņš Medinieks, that made it possible to transport the patients affected by the war in Ukraine to the East Hospital. Meanwhile, the Georgy Logvinsky Charity Foundation in Ukraine has equipped and renovated a bus used for the transportation of these patients.
Photos documenting the arrival of injured Ukrainian soldiers at the East Hospital are available here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPgS5
About the East Hospital
Riga East Clinical University Hospital is the largest and strategically significant multi-profile hospital in the country. The hospital consists of five inpatient facilities – Gaiļezers, Latvian Oncology Centre, Biķernieki, Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Centre, and Latvian Infectious Diseases Centre, along with various specialised centres and clinics. The hospital provides highly specialised inpatient and secondary outpatient healthcare, offering multidisciplinary tertiary-level treatment and care in line with modern technology and medical knowledge. Approximately 80% of all cancer patients in Latvia are treated at the hospital. It serves as a practical training base for both Latvian educational institutions and foreign students, providing further education and knowledge transfer to healthcare specialists within and beyond the country. The hospital engages in scientific research and develops innovative methods for patient treatment. As the third-largest employer in the country, the hospital employs around 5000 staff members.
