On April 6 Mutsuo Mabuchi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine, solemnly presented certificates for modern diagnostic equipment to Liudmyla Bondarenko, the head of the Out-Patients’ Clinic at Zhytomyr’s Central Municipal Hospital No. 2, and Volodymyr Bashek, the chief physician of Zhytomyr’s Children’s Hospital. The certificates are a gift from the Japanese government, part of the Kusanone free aid program to assist human safety projects.
The Out-Patient Clinic received a new ultrasound machine complete with multifrequency sensors. Local physicians hope it will help improve early detection of malignant tumors of thyroid and breast cancer cases. The clinic also received a brand-new gastrofiberscope. The Children’s Hospital received a color Doppler ultrasound machine that scans children’s organs at very precise levels.
The total value of the equipment amounts to nearly $63,000. Zhytomyr’s charitable foundation Chornobyl Hostages also played a part in the awarding of these grants. Presenting the certificates, Ambassador Mabuchi expressed the hope that medical diagnoses established with the help of this new equipment will help save the lives of sick children and adult victims of the Chornobyl disaster whose 20th anniversary will be marked in Ukraine this month.
The ambassador also emphasized that this is how the Japanese people and government want to show their friendship and goodwill to the Ukrainian people, reports The Day’s Valeriy KOSTIUKEVYCH
