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Emergency medical aid for Ukraine

Due to the war, hospitals in Ukraine lack many essential medicines, bandages and medical equipment. This is why the Uniklinik Freiburg began providing emergency medical aid as soon as the war broke out in Ukraine.

In the meantime, several shipments have arrived on site, including valuable medicines for children with cancer and immunocompromised children in the children's hospital in Lviv, Freiburg's twin city in the Ukraine. The University Heart Center has campaigned for a delivery of urgently needed medicines to the Kiev Heart Center.

Many other medical facilities have also already received support. This list provides an insight into the transports that have been launched in recent weeks:

• March 15: Transport of medicines for the children's clinic in Lviv
• March 16: Transport of relief supplies for the hospital in Odessa
• March 17: Transport of medicines for the epilepsy association in Kiev
• 17 March: Transport of relief supplies and medicines for the cardiac center in Kiev
• March 18: Transport of relief supplies for Zhitomir Hospital
• March 30: Transport of cytostatics for the children's clinic in Lviv
• March 30: Transport of relief supplies for the military hospital in Kiev
• April 11: Medication transport number 2 for the epilepsy specialist association in Kyiv
• April 11: Transport of medicines to the Feofanija government hospital in Kiev, UKF cooperation partner
• April 11: Delivery for Ukrainian NGO Narodna Samooborona
• April 19: Transport of medicines to Dnipro Mechnikov Hospital
• April 19: Transport of medicines to Vinnitsa military hospital
• April 28: Transport of medicines Zaporizhia City Council delivery
• 3 May: Transport of dressing material to the Ukrainian NGO Narodna Samooborona
• May 6: Transport of medicines to the emergency hospital in Lviv in cooperation with the city of Freiburg
• May 18: Transport of relief supplies and medicines to the emergency hospital in Kiev in cooperation with the German-Ukrainian Society Freiburg e.V.
• May 24: Transport of medicines to Mykolaiv in cooperation with the University of Schiffbau
• May 24: Transport of relief supplies and medicines Zhytomir Disaster Service in cooperation with the German-Ukrainian Society Freiburg e.V.
• May 24: Delivery of surgical instruments and equipment to Dnipro Mechnikov Hospital
• May 24: Transport of relief supplies and medicines to Zaporizhia Hospital / laundry for Mariupol refugees in Zaporizhia
• May 24: Transport of relief supplies to Feofanija government hospital in Kiev
• 24 May: Transport of relief supplies and medicines number 2 for the heart center in Kiev
• June 14: Delivery of medicines to the Ukrainian NGO Narodna Samooborona
• June 14: Transport of medical supplies to the psychiatric clinic in Chernivtsi
• August 9: together with the city of Freiburg - delivery of medicines to Lviv
• September 12: transportation of baby food and laundry to the Ukrainian NGO Narodna Samooborona
• October 18: Transportation of laundry to refugee homes in western Ukraine via the Ukrainian NGO Narodna Samooborona

COVID-19 support program at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg

In order to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, many internal processes at Uniklinik Freiburg had to be changed: For example, the serving of food in the staff canteen had to be stopped for several weeks and the occupancy of many wards was restructured to create separate areas for COVID-19 patients.

In particular, staff working on the wards with Covid-19 infected patients are facing exceptionally challenging (working) hours and new procedures. A comprehensive support program has been launched for these wards: Food delivered directly to the wards several times a day, coffee machines and the installation of new rest rooms under special hygiene rules. Donating to the support program was a quick and effective way to do something good for our employees.

However, the donations also benefited inpatients. Due to the strict visiting regulations for hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, personal contact with loved ones is only possible to a very limited extent for inpatients. Thanks to the donations, several wards at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg have tablets that patients can use to talk to their relatives via video call.

The following pictures give an insight into what we were able to achieve together:

Social Fund of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg

The employees of the Social Services Department at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg have set up a social fund for patients. People who are unemployed or on a low income are particularly affected by the financial losses that (chronic) illnesses can entail. The social service advises patients and relatives in a wide range of situations and works with them to develop individual help and support options. Sometimes, however, the most basic necessities are lacking and it takes time for applications to be approved. Help is often needed quickly. In such cases, even small amounts of money can help to alleviate illness-related hardship.

Under the motto "Making the obvious possible", the Uniklinik Freiburg Social Fund has been helping patients in financial need for 11 years.