"Moneybox of Health": doctors from Kyiv's Okhmatdyt visited Dnipropetrovs'k Oblast
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Doctors at Kyiv's Okhmatdyt, with the support of the MHP-Hromadske Charitable Foundation, have examined nearly 300 children in Dnipropetrovs'k Oblast and are planning further visits. The initiative is aimed at monitoring and protecting children's health in the context of chronic stress caused by the war.
Specialists of the capital's Okhmatdyt, with the support of the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation , are examining the youngest residents of Dnipropetrovs'k region, UNN reports.
This time, Okhmatdyt doctors with mobile equipment checked the health of nearly 300 children of employees of the MHP Oril-Leader poultry farm in Dnipropetrovs'k region. An additional visit of the mobile medical team to Elizavetivka is planned in a few weeks. All interested residents of the community will be able to bring their children for a comprehensive examination conducted by 20 doctors of various specializations
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Within the framework of the Health Moneybox project, the charitable foundation supports the project of doctors of the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital, who have been traveling to different regions of Ukraine for more than a year and a half to check the health of young patients.
"According to medical observations, chronic stress due to war, missile attacks, air raids affects children's health even in conditionally safe regions," MHP says.
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Over the past year, Okhmatdyt specialists have conducted almost fifty such on-site consultations. The team of pediatricians traveled to the de-occupied cities of Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.
During the visits, the specialists use hematology, biochemistry and electrolyte analyzers purchased by MHP-Hromada. The equipment allows for the fastest possible delivery and receipt of test results.
"My partners and I intend to continue this project in the future, because it is important to be proactive now: to prevent the consequences of the war from negatively affecting the health of our children. To do this, we need to notice the slightest signs of pathologies in time, stop their development and carry out prevention," MHP-Community comments.
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MHP-Gromada is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that was launched in 2015. Its main mission is the comprehensive development of communities. The geography of its activities includes 12 regions of Ukraine: more than 700 towns and villages. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Foundation has been systematically supporting people in the war zone, Ukrainian defenders and rescuers, communities, hospitals and maternity homes, charitable institutions that care for orphans and the elderly, as well as people who have lost their homes and livelihoods due to the war.
