Transcarpathian doctors will be trained in Germany

On Thursday, August 3, in the deputy’s hall of the Transcarpathian Regional Council, there was a "round table" with the participation of the Regional Council Chairman and doctors, psychologists working with the patients-participants of the ATO, who will soon go for training in the city of Bayreuth and will be studying the experience of the district clinic of Upper Franconia of the Federal Republic of Germany in the diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.

During the meeting, it was noted that the increase in the number of people with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the war in the East of Ukraine entails the need to improve the skills of Transcarpathian doctors in diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with these mental illnesses. Thus, within the framework of the Ukrainian-German project, internship for Transcarpathian doctors was arranged at Bayreuth Hospital in Oberfranken District, and soon there will be a conference in the city of Uzhgorod. These events will allow to study experience and expert assessments of German colleagues and to improve the skills of Transcarpathian medical workers.

– Today, the provision of high-quality medical services, in particular qualified, adequate psychological assistance to servicemen, who participated in the ATO in the East of Ukraine, is an important issue for Transcarpathia. The increase of the number of persons with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of military operations necessitates the training of specialists capable of conducting adequate and effective psychosocial rehabilitation for such persons, – the Chairman of the Regional Council Mykhailo Rivis said during the meeting.