Médecins Sans Frontières - Covid-19 response in Mariinka rayon (ENG)

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB49525

Date taken / Date Recorded 12/11/2020 12:00 AM

Country Ukraine

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Marta Znak

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m8s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 226.92 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist "Identifications:
Tetyana Klymenchuk - MSF nurse
Tetyana Pushkar - patient with suspected COVID-19"
"00:00 – 00:09: Hello, this is MSF calling. Your family doctor said that you’re at home with pneumonia. How are you feeling today?
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00:11 – 00:17: Remote communities in eastern Ukraine are bearing the brunt of COVID-19.
00:18 – 00:22: In Mariinka rayon in Donetsk region, MSF is providing home-based care to patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms.
"00:25 – 00:44: A lot of patients live alone and are separated from their families.
In many villages, there are already elderly people who are very lonely. Some find it hard to move around, both inside their homes and outdoors.
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00:45 – 00:50: For the elderly, who are most vulnerable to COVID-19, reaching a health facility can be almost impossible.
00:51 – 01:02: We have a pension of 1,700 UAH, it’s unreal. We’ve already spent 3,000 UAH, we have debts and we still have two weeks or more of treatment ahead…
"01:03 – 01:22: The doctor is nearby but the X-ray facility is very far away – and you have to pay for it. We need to go there again, but it’s expensive to take a taxi. Taking a bus means a long walk and getting out of breath.
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"01:30 – 01:53: Taking into account the growing number of patients and sick people, as we see in the country’s medical data, doctors are just too busy.

They don’t have the time or the chance to see more patients. Besides, lots of doctors are sick and on treatment themselves, some in hospitals, some at home."
01:54 – 02:00: Since mid-April 2020, MSF has provided more than 3,700 home-based consultations in Mariinka rayon.