How MSF is responding
Our teams continue to respond to the war in Ukraine. We currently have approximately 20 international and 350 Ukrainian staff working in response to the war across the country. They work as medical staff (surgeons, doctors, nurses); psychologists; logisticians and administrators. Here is how we are responding:
Medical evacuations
Our teams evacuate patients from hospitals close to the frontlines, including trauma patients, and refer them to hospitals in safer areas through a fleet of 17 ambulances operating across eastern Ukraine. Some of the ambulances are equipped for intensive care support. Run by a team of paramedics, doctors, and drivers, the ambulances have referred over 18,500 patients since 2023.
Emergency services
In Kherson city, an MSF medical team supports surgical and trauma activities. Medical teams run triage and operating theatre activities and perform surgeries. Our staff also provide treatment during mass casualty events and perform surgeries, in the emergency room at Pokrovsk hospital. A medical team also supports Kostiantynivka hospital in Donetsk and the Izium hospital in Kharkiv based on need.
Support to hospitals
We send donations of medical supplies and hygiene kits to medical facilities, and provide training support for emergency responses, managing a high influx of war wounded, decontamination, trauma, gender-based violence and mental health. Donations from MSF have also been used to restore hospitals damaged by shelling in Donetsk, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.