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Support Ukraine's Nurses
Help the Ukraine Solidarity Network Provide
Urgently Needed Lifesaving Hospital Equipment
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Despite relentless Russian
attacks, the dedication and bravery of Ukrainian doctors and nurses has
prevented collapse of Ukrainian healthcare. Healthcare professionals continue to
save thousands of lives under brutal wartime circumstances.
Doctors and nurses often
work without essential life-saving equipment due to the war, economic collapse
spurred by wartime destruction, the Ukrainian government’s neo-liberal policies,
and the demands of US and European lenders.
THE UKRAINE SOLIDARITY
NETWORK ASKED “HOW CAN WE HELP?”
Be Like We Are!,
the Ukrainian Nurses Union, answered and requested the purchase of two
Mindray BS-430 400tests/Hour Fully Automatic Biochemistry Analyzers for the
Mykola Halytskyi Nizhyn Central City Hospital. Nizhyn is a small city in
Chernihiv Oblast, approximately 60 miles from the Russian border.
Now, the USN is raising
the funds to purchase them.
Biochemistry analyzers are
standard equipment in most healthcare facilities. They accurately and rapidly
detect life-threatening and other infections, and they detect serious conditions
such as liver and kidney disease and heart-related problems. Without them,
nurses and technicians spend many hours conducting analyses that these machines
do in minutes and with fewer errors. Acquisition of these machines will mean
nurses can spend more time directly attending to patient’s needs.
WHY NIZHYN HOSPITAL
NEEDS HELP
The Mykola Halytskyi
Nizhyn Central City Hospital is a crucial multidisciplinary regional cluster
hospital with surgical, neurological, trauma, cardiac, pediatric, maternity, and
other departments. It serves the entire Nizhyn district. Like many state-run
Ukrainian hospitals, it lacks modern equipment needed to deliver proper care
especially during wartime.
"We are using an old
analyzer that can perform only 20–40 tests per hour. Sometimes it breaks
down—tests have to be redone. It also frequently needs repairs, which all adds
up to wasted time," explains Ivan Korosko, General Director of Nizhyn Hospital.
"Every day, about 500
patients receive care at our hospital. There are emergency cases when a
high-quality analysis is needed immediately. In those situations, we have to
send patients to private laboratories so that the doctor can make an accurate
diagnosis."
WHAT THIS DESPERATELY
NEEDED EQUIPMENT DOES
The Mindray BS-430 is a
high-throughput automatic biochemistry analyzer that can process 420 to 620
tests per hour. This machine represents a 10-20x increase in capacity over
the hospital’s current equipment, dramatically reducing wait times for critical
test results.
HELP US REACH OUR
FUNDRAISING GOAL
Each analyzer costs
approximately $38,000. Your donation will help provide two of these essential
machines and directly support
· Faster diagnoses
for critically ill patients
· More efficient use
of nurses time, allowing them to focus on patient care
· Accurate results
without the need for retesting
· Reduced strain on
overworked healthcare staff
· Better healthcare
outcomes for an entire district
"We are saddened that a
large cluster hospital still lacks a modern analyzer," says Korosko. "We would
be sincerely grateful for such support. New modern analyzer equipment will not
only increase the number of tests we can perform but also greatly improve their
quality."
HOW TO DONATE & SUPPORT
BE LIKE US! NURSES AT NIZHYN HOSPITAL
Donations will be sent via
Kryla, a New Orleans-based non-profit group that sends humanitarian aid/medical
supplies to Ukraine (https://www.kryla.org/).
Kryla will transmit the
funds to the "Be Like Us" Nurses Union in Ukraine (https://www.uni-europa.org/news/ukrainian-care-workers-organize-in-war/)
who will purchase the analyzers in Ukraine. Sending funds to purchase the
equipment is more efficient than shipping the equipment from the United States.
All contributions are tax
exempt. They can either be sent to Kryla at 3014 Dauphine St., Ste. A, PMB
59294, New Orleans, LA 70117-6755, with ["Nizhyn hospital nurses"] in the memo
line, or made though
GoFundMe.
Receipts for contributions
greater than $250 can be requested at
hello@kryla.org .
Thank you for your
interest in and contributions to this effort towards practical solidarity with
nurses and their patients in Ukraine.