As Russia's military invasion of Ukraine continues, the international NGO "Doctors Without Borders" will dispatch life-saving emergency doctors from Japan to local hospitals to provide guidance on what to do if a large number of injured people are transported. We provide medical support such as.

Shusuke Kadoma (48), an emergency physician, was dispatched to Ukraine.



Doctors Without Borders, which provides medical support around the world, is providing medical supplies that are in short supply to the capital, Kiev (Kyiv in Russian) and hospitals in eastern Ukraine on March 19. We also sent a doctor from Japan to the site.

At hospitals such as Zaporizhia in the southeast and Dnipro in the east, Dr. Kadoma is training medical professionals on the "mass coverage plan", which is a coping method when a large number of injured people are transported all at once.

We also treat citizens who have evacuated from areas of intense fighting.



This is the first time that a doctor has been dispatched from Japan to Ukraine since the military invasion by Russia began, and Dr. Kadoma will be dispatched for four weeks from March 19th to April 15th.



Dr. Kadoma said, "Looking at the situation in Ukraine, I couldn't help myself, and I volunteered to be dispatched because I wanted to make use of the skills of the emergency doctors to help me as much as possible. I want to do as much as I can to help the Ukrainians. "

Doctors Without Borders Activities in Ukraine

Doctors Without Borders, an international NGO that provides medical support around the world, has been providing emergency medical assistance to Ukraine, where Russia's military invasion continues, by dispatching medical workers and sending medical supplies from late February. ..



In Ukraine, we provide medicines and medical supplies to deal with many injured people, mainly in the capital Kyiv and hospitals in the east.

In addition, at hospitals such as Kieu and Dnipro in the east, doctors who have experience in conflict areas are conducting training on the "mass coverage plan", which is a coping method when a large number of injured people are transported all at once. ..



In the training, local medical staff are instructed on triage methods for prioritizing treatment according to the degree of injury and methods for securing beds.



Meanwhile, in eastern Mariupol, where the Russian army continues to attack violently, medical assistance has continued since the conflict broke out in 2014.



However, on the 12th of this month, a local staff member said, "I have been without water and medicine for more than a week. Many people die without medicine. People who were killed or injured were on the ground. I'm lying down, "but after that, I've lost contact with several staff left behind.



As of March 18, there are about 70 staff members of "Doctors Without Borders" operating in Ukraine, and in the future, a temporary operating room will be set up in the basement in case medical facilities become unavailable due to air raids. We will continue to provide necessary medical support while observing the local situation, such as considering installing it.

Shusuke Kadoma, a dispatched emergency doctor

Mr. Kadoma is the first doctors without borders to send doctors from Japan to Ukraine since Russia's military invasion of Ukraine began.



Dr. Kadoma usually works as a critical care center and lives with his wife Anna (34) and his eldest son, Yu-kun's family, who is five months old.



He has a wealth of experience in disaster sites such as the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Kumamoto Earthquake, and this is the second time he has joined Doctors Without Borders in 2019 and has been dispatched overseas, following the Gaza Strip in Palestine.



On the day of departure, I was sent off by Anna and Yu-kun and departed from Haneda Airport for the site.

My wife, Anna, says, "I and my husband's family are saying,'Let's wait together for the return.' I would like to keep in touch every day and wait for the return."



At the time of departure, Dr. Kadoma said, "I was shocked that the hospital was attacked locally and the pregnant woman and baby died. I think there are many people in trouble, so I hope to help Ukrainians. I was talking.