On July 23, 2024, Hryhorii Oksak, Chief Physician of the Poltava Oblast HospitaI named after M.V. Sklifosovsky, gave Dr. Anselm Schneider, Program Director of the Hospital Partnerships program “Hospital Partnerships - Partners for Health” of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a quick overview of the hospital's work.
We also got to see how the hospital's medical staff is trained at the central training center, as well as how the hospital's specialists share their experience with Ukrainian doctors.
It was also really interesting to learn about the hospital's admission and emergency departments. Patients undergo all the necessary examinations upon admission to clarify the diagnosis and further treatment plan.
Dr. Schneider:
- It's a real privilege for me, representing the German government's technical cooperation, to be here today. This is my first time in Ukraine and I'm really excited to learn more. The program I lead works all over the world. The German government sees this program as a way to bring our healthcare systems closer together. It seems like there's always something new on the healthcare reform front. It seems like as soon as one reform is wrapped up, another one gets started. I think the German government is on the right track, encouraging the exchange of information, experience, and communication between specialists. We've got the biggest portfolio in Ukraine, at least compared to other countries. I think it shows how strongly the German healthcare sector believes in working together with you. We see Ukraine as already being part of the European Union and as a country we want to cooperate with long-term. I know you're facing some huge humanitarian challenges, but our vision goes way beyond just humanitarian aid. I think the partnerships between hospitals in our countries can continue to grow for the next 30, 40, or even 50 years. During this time, we’ll also be working together on training our specialists and doing advanced training, as well as joint research. There are plenty of rehab clinics in Germany that could be of use to you. But I’m sure that Ukraine will gain experience that other countries’ doctors don’t have very quickly because of the pressure of the war. We can't just send over ready-made solutions from Germany. What we need is an equal exchange of ideas, mutual acquaintance, and mutual friendship. We need to build a stronger relationship between our hospitals. And then we can look for ways we can work together to find solutions.
We'd like to thank our friends in Germany for all their help and support for Ukraine.
The project "Hospital Partnerships - Partners strengthen health" is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) https://www.bmz.de/en within the framework of the support program "Hospital Partnerships" https://hospitalpartnerships.org
Vitaliy Shevchenko, Project Coordinator
