The Medical Transit Center “MEDEVAC HUB” for patients from Ukraine is administered by the Polish Center for International Aid Foundation (PCPM) in Jasionka, close to Rzeszów. This facility, which was built to support and house those who need to continue their therapy but have no way to do so in Ukraine, is unique in Europe, according to a press release.
Patients include both adults and children as well as those suffering from oncological disorders or those hurt during military activities. Beds are available at the two-hall facility for patients traveling from Ukraine for treatment as well as for their loved ones. Patients can stay in Jasionka for a maximum of 48 hours. In areas designated for patients, we use equipment that is identical to that found in conventional hospitals.
The qualified members of the PCPM Emergency Medical Team* also offer assistance.
Twenty distinct areas set aside for patients make up the “MEDEVAC HUB Jasionka.” Each of these boxes has a hospital bed along with basic amenities found in a hospital room, including monitors, injectable medications, oxygen concentrators, ECGs, and other measurement tools.
Patients are transported to European hospitals where treatment or rehabilitation is continued once they arrive at the PCPM Medical Transit Center close to Rzeszów. All medical evacuations take place within the auspices of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, a framework for state cooperation in disaster preparation, prevention, and response. The European Union’s cash is used to support the “MEDEVAC HUB Jasionka.”
The first and only WHO-certified fast response team in Poland to address humanitarian crises and natural disasters is the PCPM Emergency Medical Team (EMT). capable of functioning and acting practically anywhere in the world in less than 24 hours. Just before the devastating earthquake in Nepal, which was the first emergency to which the PCPM EMT reacted, the team was founded in 2015. Prior to the group’s formal formation, its members provided support to medical focal points during the Maidan uprisings in Kiev (2013–2014) or the Balkan floods (2014). The PCPM Emergency Medical Team has been in charge of organizing patient evacuations from Ukraine to hospitals in Poland, Germany, and Israel since the start of the conflict there.
