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More than 340 severely injured Ukrainian soldiers admitted to the East Hospital since the outbreak of war
Today, 26 September 2024, marked the 18th arrival of an aid bus organised by the M-Help.com charity project, delivering Ukrainian soldiers severely injured in the war started by Russia to Riga East Clinical University Hospital (East Hospital). 341 patients have been already admitted to the East Hospital to this day. This August marked two years of active involvement by the medical staff and support teams of the East Hospital in assisting Ukraine, providing care to severely wounded soldiers and other victims.
The bus carrying Ukrainian soldiers was received not only by the East Hospital’s medical team but also by the Chairman of the Board, Normunds Staņēvičs, along with representatives from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Latvia, Natalia Bereza and Evgen Jankovsky.
28 war victims have made the long journey to Latvia’s largest hospital this time. 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) and the Trauma and Orthopaedics Clinic.
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, which 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.
Two soldiers with extremely serious and complicated war injuries will be treated at the East Hospital’s Trauma and Orthopaedics Clinic, where they 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 patients.
The remaining soldiers will be transferred to other healthcare facilities in Latvia, depending on the nature of their injuries, after being examined at the EMPAC. Five patients are expected to continue their treatment at the Trauma and Orthopaedics Hospital, ten patients will be transferred to the Vaivari National Rehabilitation Centre, while 11 patients will be transported for long-term rehabilitation to the Jaunķemeri Rehabilitation Centre.
Patients were admitted to the East Hospital by:
Emergency medicine doctors Sandra Seimane and Zane Baula;
Trauma orthopaedics resident Vladislavs Nikolajs Makovskis;
Nurses Darja Krasjuka, Aļona Zijangirova, Elīna Aļtšulere;
Orderlies Gļebs Subakovs, Mareks Kānbergs, Iļja Nikolajevs, Genādijs Stepanovs;
Nurse assistant Irīna Ivanova;
Registrars Ieva Tālberga, Jurate Balode, Anita Gavare, Kristīne Igaune.
The admission process was organised and managed by Aleksejs Višņakovs, Genādijs Ričards Rusanovs, 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.
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.
