“In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska visited a hospital and talked with wounded soldiers and doctors who are helping them recover.”, — write: www.president.gov.ua
In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska visited a hospital and talked with wounded soldiers and doctors who are helping them recover.
In particular, this medical facility currently provides assistance to military personnel who fought in the Pokrovsk region and in the Kharkiv region, as well as participated in the Kursk operation.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the soldiers for the defense of Ukraine and awarded them with the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree, the orders “For Courage” III degree, as well as the medals “For Military Service to Ukraine” and “Defender of the Fatherland”.
“We want to thank you for protecting our state and our people. For service in various directions. All directions are important, and you were on the most difficult. You are our heroes, we are very grateful to all of you,” the President emphasized.
Also, Volodymyr and Olena Zelenskiy together with the Minister of Veterans Affairs Natalia Kalmykova met with representatives of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and military psychologists.
The participants of the meeting noted positive changes in the field of mental health in the military sector. In particular, the specialty of psychologist appeared, combat stress control groups began to work, psychological rehabilitation departments and offices in military medical clinical centers and hospitals were developed, and the positions of clinical psychologists were introduced.
The First Lady noted that, according to a survey by the Ukrainian Veterans’ Fund of the Ministry of Veterans, more than half of future veterans – 52.6% – consider psycho-emotional instability as a very likely challenge after returning from service among military personnel.
“We need to work on making the aid comprehensive. For example, so that it covers both wounded servicemen and their family members in hospitals, as well as medical personnel who work in a constant stressful environment,” she noted.
In addition, the President and his wife got acquainted with the project of creating barrier-free routes in the cities of Ukraine “Movement without barriers”, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development under the initiative of Olena Zelenska.
During this year, barrier-free routes with convenient entrances and approaches, transport, stops, sidewalks, public places will gradually appear in 12 cities and towns: in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Kropyvnytskyi, Lviv, Rivne, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Slavutychi, Ternopil, Buchi and Opishni.
“Of course, the state and communities here cannot do without the cooperation of all objects on these routes – and this includes, in particular, businesses that are or will be included in our “Business without barriers” community: retail chains, banks, other institutions are already changing towards users and, we expect, will help smaller businesses to do the same,” the first lady concluded.
