Germany handed over to the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine medical diagnostic and treatment equipment for a total of 3.1 million euros, the German Embassy in Ukraine reported.
“This transfer of medical diagnostic and treatment equipment totaling 3.1 million euros ends a successful year of cooperation with the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhuzen said on the occasion of her visit to the military hospital 407 in Chernihiv on Dec. 18.
The embassy said that in the future, doctors will be able to get access to a new computed tomography scanner worth 300,000 euros for examining patients with illnesses or the consequences of accidents.
“The device was donated as part of the so-called Federal Government Capability Initiative, which seeks to enable partners in the field of security and defense policy to independently take care of their own and regional security. The medical forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in the focus of cooperation,” said in a press release on the embassy’s website.
In addition to the hospital in Chernihiv, the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Western Region in Lviv also received new medical equipment. Currently, the latest measures are being taken to install an angiograph worth 850,000 euros, which will set new standards for visual diagnostics in this institution.
In the Main Military Clinical Hospital in Kyiv, in recent months, a major overhaul of an entire building has been carried out, which now houses a magnetic resonance imaging scanner. In addition, the urology departments now have a new lithotripsy apparatus, and the trauma clinic has a new x-ray.
The devices were selected and purchased in accordance with the competence and needs of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the German Embassy said.
Last year, the Main Military Clinical Hospital in Kyiv has already received an angiograph and five mobile X-ray machines worth 1.5 million euros.
“As soon as favorable conditions appear, given the coronavirus pandemic, doctors and junior medical workers from the respective hospitals should have an opportunity to undergo an internship in Bundeswehr hospitals in order to exchange views on the optimal use of devices and improve their qualifications,” the diplomatic agency said.
