Wounded Ukrainian servicemen receive medical treatment in Georgia

Ukrainian servicemen wounded during anti-terrorist operations in Donetsk and Lugansk regions of eastern Ukraine are undergoing medical assistance and treatment at Georgia’s Tserovani Rehabilitation Centre.

The medical aid is available to servicemen of the Armed Forces, the National Guard and the Security Service of Ukraine who suffered serious injuries in the course of the anti-terrorist operation and are in need for complex medical intervention as well as long-term care and rehabilitation.

Currently seven Ukrainian servicemen are undergoing two-weeks of rehabilitation at the Tserovani Rehabilitation Centre. They are receiving the medical support in Georgia based on a memorandum that was signed between Georgia and Ukraine on April 28, 2015.

In recognition of Ukraine’s Independence Day Georgia’s Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli visited the Tserovani Rehabilitation Centre and the wounded Ukrainian servicemen.

"Today is Ukraine’s Independence Day. I would like to congratulate all Ukrainian people on this day. Their victory is our victory; moreover it is a victory for the struggle for freedom and independence,” said Khidasheli.

We participate in various humanitarian projects with the Ukrainian government. Right now Ukrainian young people are undergoing a rehabilitation course in our medical institutions. We are ready to provide them with any kind of assistance, as much as we can. I think such humanitarian projects should be affordable for everyone regardless of borders,” she added.

Within the rehabilitation course the Ukrainian servicemen will visit three of Georgia’s beautiful cities - Tbilisi, Mtskheta and Signagi.

The rehabilitation course started on August 20 and will finish on September 3.

The Centre opened in January in the former residence of the Georgian president of Tserovani (Shida Kartli region, settlement of refugees), which was earlier transferred to the Ministry of Defence.