Children's doctors from a Kyiv centre visited Makariv for the first time. Five specialists held clinics

The clinic was run by doctors from the National Research Centre for Radiation Medicine, Haematology and Oncology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. For parents it meant their child received a specialist consultation in Makariv — without a trip to Kyiv, a queue at a capital-city reception desk and a whole day spent travelling.

The first visiting clinic was announced by the Makariv Settlement Council.

Five specialities in a single day

Children were seen by a psychiatrist, an endocrinologist, a neurologist, a cardiologist and an ophthalmologist. These are precisely the specialities a rural outpatient centre usually lacks entirely: a family doctor may suspect a problem, but confirming the diagnosis and prescribing treatment requires a specialist.

Paediatric endocrinology and neurology are fields where delay in examination costs most. The earlier a developmental disorder or hormonal imbalance is detected, the easier it is to correct; by adolescence some of the opportunity is already lost.

This is not a one-off

The clinics are held under a Memorandum of Cooperation the community concluded with the centre recently. That means a regular schedule rather than a single visit: further sessions are planned after the first.

The settlement council states the aim plainly — to bring necessary medical care closer and make it more accessible for all residents. The Makariv community covers a large area, and for families from remote villages the journey to the capital with a child is often the main obstacle.

How to get to the next clinic

If a child needs such a consultation, parents should contact their family doctor. It is the family doctor who issues the necessary referral and informs them of the date of the next visiting clinic.

The referral system is not red tape but a way of drawing up the list: the visiting team works for a limited time, and those seen are the children who genuinely need the consultation on medical grounds.

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