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Ukrainian children's doctors learn new skills from Bristol NHS
Children's clinicians from hospitals in Ukraine are being trained by NHS staff to help them to "prepare for anything" amid the ongoing Russian from University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and five other trusts across England are giving their time and expertise throughout the four-week course on paediatric will then return home to Ukraine to help children suffering from the physical, mental and emotional turmoil of Gargan, a consultant at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, said: "They're hopefully learning something from us and we're learning something from them."
The Ukrainian participants are working with teams in the intensive care, neurorehabilitation and sleep departments to gain new skills and knowledge to take back Viktoriya Betsal and Dr Anastasiia Sabadosh work at the children's hospital in Khmelnytskyi. The colleagues said they decided to stay in their home country to "do something useful" throughout the conflict.
Dr Betsal said: "Every city has missiles and attacks from drones, and because of electricity problems, sometimes even to get the healthcare and provide the healthcare for the patient can be difficult. "We need to learn more and find out how to manage it and provide it better."Both doctors said they "really like" the practices in place in Bristol, and they spend many evenings after work discussing how they will implement similar methods in their own teams.
"We have a lot of support here and it's amazing," Dr Sabadosh said. "A lot of doctors try to support us and tell us as much as they can so we can understand and learn here."Dr Batsel added: "Even the small things - how to speak with a patient, how to work with our colleagues - for all these things we thank you."The doctors will return to Ukraine after completing their placements in Bristol at the end of June.
