June 14, 2007, representatives of the Ukraine 3000 Fund, leaded by the Head of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund Supervisory Board Kateryna Yushchenko, visited the Chernihiv Oblast Children’s Hospital. Among other participants of the event were Head of the Ukraine 3000 Fund Board of Directors Oleksandr Maksymchuk, President of the Pediatricians’ Association of Ukraine Yuri Antypkin, President of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA) Dr. Andrew Iwach, Head of the Chernihiv Oblast State Administration Mykola Lavryk, Chernihiv Mayor Oleksandr Sokolov, and representatives of the Ukraine 3000 Fund and Chernihiv OSA.
Accompanied by Head Physician of the hospital Oleksandr Kareta, the guests took a tour of the hospital premises. They visited the newborns’, newborns’ pathologies, and physiotherapy units along with the computer tomography room. Besides, Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko had a brief meeting with young specialists, interns, and heads of the departments. The guests also visited the wards, talking to the little patients and their parents.
On behalf of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund, Mrs. Yushchenko donated to the Chernihiv Oblast Children’s Hospital two newborns’ incubators, a first aid kit, and portable electric breast pump, along with toys and books. The total value of the equipment equals approximately UAH 130,000. Besides, Mrs. Yushchenko gave the hospital an Our Lady icon from the Yushchenko family.
Addressing the doctors and medical staff, Mrs. Yushchenko greeted them on the occasion of the upcoming Medical Workers’ Day. “This holiday is special for our Fund, since we carry out many medical programs and work with medical institutions throughout the country. We know about this sphere’s and its workers’ problems, as well as their attainments, and for us it’s an honor to be in a way connected to this profession,” she said.
Answering the journalists’ questions, Mrs. Kateryna described the medical programs implemented by the Ukraine 3000 Fund. She spoke in more detail about the Hospital to Hospital program, whose member is the Chernihiv Oblast Children’s Hospital, and about the Joy of the Childhood: Free Movements program and Children’s Hospital of the Future project. Besides, Mrs. Kateryna spoke about the Ukraine 3000 Fund’s activities in Chernihiv oblast, in part, cultural and educational programs.
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