More than 2,000 Ukrainian patients transferred to EU hospitals since the start of the war

Since the start of the war, more than 2,000 Ukrainian patients have been transferred to receive specialised care in hospitals across Europe via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, the European Commission reported.

To ease the burden on Ukrainian hospitals and the country’s healthcare system, the European Union has been coordinating regular medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients to EU member countries for more than a year.

The patients have been transferred for treatment to hospitals in 20 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

The evacuations are further supported by the EU Medevac Hub in Rzeszów, Poland, close to the Ukrainian border. The hub serves as a transfer centre for patients who have been transported from Ukraine to Poland by land, and who from the hub will be airlifted to hospitals across Europe.

The press release quotes Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, as saying: “The brutal Russian invasion has caused huge damages to the Ukrainian health system, putting the health and lives of Ukrainian citizens at risk. For more than a year now, to support Ukrainians in need of treatment, patients have been transferred to hospitals in European countries and Norway to receive care as well as me mental health and trauma support. This joint work will continue, as will our support to Ukraine – for as long as it takes.”

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