August 5, 2016

McGill University and Kyiv hospital formalize partnership

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At Okhmatdyt (from left) are: Dr. Vasyl Prytula, Nadia Demko, Dr. Kristina Dzhuma, Dr. Artem Luhovy, Dr. Volodymyr Povoroznuk and Dr. Jurij Gladush.

KYIV – Representatives from Kyiv’s National Specialized Children’s Hospital (known in Ukrainian as “Okhmatdyt”) and the Center for Global Surgery (CGS) from the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) met on July 8 at the children’s hospital to formalize McGill’s continued partnership through a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

This meeting came after an earlier one in December 2015 during which a feasibility assessment was conducted by members of both institutions.

Colleagues present at the meeting included Dr. Jurij Gladush, head doctor of Okhmatdyt; Dr. Volodymyr Povoroznuk, deputy chief of Okhmatdyt; Dr. Vasyl Prytula, professor and chief pediatric surgeon of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine; and Dr. Kristina Dzhuma, trauma registry coordinator at Okhmatdyt. From the CGS, they were joined by Dr. Artem Luhovy from McGill University and Nadia Demko (McGill medical student).

The MOU was signed by Dr. Gladush and Dr. Dan Deckelbaum, co-director of the CGS and professor of trauma and general surgery at the MUHC.

During this meeting, plans were discussed for the upcoming installation of an electronic trauma registry at Okhmatdyt. Also discussed were future areas for collaboration, such as exchanges between residents/staff from both Okhmatdyt and the MUHC; trauma training courses, specifically the multidisciplinary approach; and patient-care guidelines in the Ukrainian language.

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