Free medical assistance for people from Ukraine. Where can you find help?

After Our Country’s invasion of Ukraine, Polish medical centers offer help to Ukrainians. Support is provided, among others, by Damian Center, LUX MED Group, Enel-Med Medical Center and the Medical University of Warsaw. The help is free of charge, additionally telephones in Ukrainian were launched. Where Can I Get Help? Below you will find a list of places and helpful phone numbers.

1. On February 24, Our Country invaded Ukraine, and since then many residents of the attacked country have crossed over to Poland
2. Free medical assistance is offered by the Damian Center
3. Consultations are available in all branches of the network
4. Free medical assistance is also available at the facilities of the LUX MED Group and the Enel-Med Medical Center
5. The Medical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw has also joined the campaign
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Free medical assistance for Ukraine – Damian Center

The Damian Medical Center in Warsaw has pledged to help people from Ukraine who are forced to leave their home and run away, looking for a safe place. The facility launched a free medical aid package for the residents of Ukraine.

What does the Damian Center offer as part of this assistance?

Ukrainian helpline to help you find your place in the Polish health system – 566 22 20

In each facility, there is a Ukrainian-speaking person at the reception desk who provides translation services during visits to Polish doctors

Consultations (including specialist) and tests in all Damian Center facilities – making appointments at 22 566 22 22

Free emergency internist help at the admission room of the Damian Hospital:

1. Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 20:00
2. on Saturdays from 08:00 to 20:00
3. on Sunday 08:00 – 16:00

Outpatient surgical and trauma assistance at the Medical Center (+ elective surgery, if the Patient qualifies and the Center performs this type of surgery) – up to a monthly limit of 50

Free antigen testing at the following locations:

1. Download Point Al. Rzeczypospolitej 5, Warsaw – every day from 8:00 – 16:00 (break 13:00 – 13:30)
2. Collection Point ul. Nowolipie 18, Warsaw – from Monday to Friday from 11:00 – 16:00 (break 13:00 – 13:30)
3. Collection Point ul. Górecka 30, Poznań – from Monday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. – 16:00 p.m.
4. Download Point pl. Dwóch Miast 1, Gdańsk – from Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. – 16:00 p.m.
5. Collection Point ul. Swobodna 60, Wrocław – from Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. – 16:00 p.m.
6. Collection Point ul. Jasnogórska 1, Kraków – from Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. – 16:00 p.m.
7. Collection Point ul. Rdestowa 22, Wrocław – from Monday to Sunday from 08:00 – 19:00
8. Collection Point ul. Konrada Wallenroda 4c, Lublin – from Monday to Friday from 08:00 – 16:00 

Free COVID antigen tests – points at the airports:

1. Warsaw – Modlin (at the parking lot at the airport, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, ul. Gen. Wiktora Thommee 1a)
2. Warsaw Chopin (in the arrivals hall, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 1)
3. Katowice – Pyrzowice (at the car park, next to the Katowice Airport Moxy Hotel, Pyrzowice, Wolności 90 Street)
4. Poznań – Ławica (in the arrivals hall, ul. Bukowska 285)
5. Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa (in the car park, next to the Hampton By Hilton Gdańsk Airport Hotel, ul. Juliusza Słowackiego 220).

Psychological support at the number 22 566 22 27 can be obtained from 8: 00-20: 00 7 days a week

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Free medical assistance for Ukraine – Lux Med

Free medical assistance in urgent cases for people from Ukraine will also be provided by the network of medical facilities LUX MED, operating throughout the country. To make an appointment, please call (22) 45 87 007 or write an e-mail to the following address: [email protected]

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Additionally, paramedics and doctors from the LUX MED Group provide free medical assistance in the immediate vicinity of the border.

Free medical assistance for Ukraine —Enel-Med

The Enel-Med Medical Center has also joined the action of free medical support.

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As part of Primary Healthcare, refugees can take advantage of free visits to an internist and pediatrician. Help is available at the following centers:

1. Warsaw: Wilanów Branch, Ursus, Galeria Młociny,
2. Krakow: Wadowice Branch,
3. Katowice: Chorzów branch.

You can make an appointment by calling 22 434 09 09.

Free medical assistance for Ukrainian citizens – Medical University of Warsaw

The Medical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw also offers free assistance to Ukrainian citizens.

Free psychological assistance – telephone consultations in Ukrainian at +48 504 123 099:

1. Tuesday at 12.00-14.00, 
2. Wednesday, 10.00-13.00, 
3. Thursday, 12.00-14.00, 
4. Friday at 12.00-14.00

In-patient visits to a psychologist:

1. Wednesday, 15.00-17.00, 
2. Thursday, 15.00-17.00, 
3. Friday at 15.00-17.00. 

Consultation with an internist, internal medicine specialist

1. Tuesday at 11.00-14.00,  
2. Wednesday, 13.00-14.00, 
3. Thursday, 13.00-14.00, 
4. Friday at 11.00-14.00. 

Citizens of Ukraine are also provided free of charge:

1. antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2, 
2. vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. 

Registration for stationary visits by phone: +48 22 255 77 77 or by e-mail to the address [email protected].

Citizens of Ukraine who have obtained the right to stay legally in the territory of the Republic of Poland from February 24, 2022 on the basis of a certificate issued by the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland or having an imprint of the Polish Border Guard stamp in travel document.

Before the service is provided, the entitlement must be confirmed, and then the data from the presented documents (date, place, document number and name of the entity issuing the document) should be recorded in the medical documentation – the documents should not be copied! Verification is done during registration.

Help for Ukrainians struggling with epilepsy

Stress is one of the factors that can contribute to increased seizures (epilepsy), which is why a telephone number has been set up for citizens of Ukraine struggling with this disease. These people will benefit from medical advice, get immediate help and receive a prescription that will allow them to purchase the missing drugs. The free helpline works in Ukrainian, and Polish.

Who can use the hotline?

1. people struggling with epilepsy, who came to Poland and urgently need medical consultation (both stationary and online);
2. people with a history of epilepsy or with symptoms of epilepsy;
3. people diagnosed with a disease who need a prescription for medications.

The hotline operates under the number: +48 503 924 756. It is also possible to contact us by e-mail: [email protected]

The EMERGEN Cybernetic Medicine Development Foundation and the Neurosphera Epilepsy Therapy Center are responsible for the action.

Helpline for oncologically ill citizens of Ukraine

Warsaw Genomics, actively involved in the activities in the field of oncogenetic diagnostics and prevention, and the Rakiety Oncology Foundation, supporting people with oncology diseases and their relatives since 2012, join forces and launch a special hotline responding to the needs of oncological patients from Ukraine.

The hotline provides support in the field of:

1. information on the possibility of continuing oncological treatment in Poland,
2. assistance in organizing medical transport to Poland and accommodation,
3. support in obtaining the necessary genetic tests to start anti-cancer therapies reimbursed under the National Health Fund,
4. assistance in financing treatment and providing a sub-account for collecting funds for treatment,
5. support of specialists: a psychologist, psycho-oncologist for people undergoing treatment, 
6. the possibility of arranging a free medical consultation with dr hab. Anna Wójcicka in the field of targeted therapies in oncology.

The hotline is available XNUMX/XNUMX at the following telephone numbers:

1. +48 22 230 25 20 – in hours. 8: 00-15: 00 (the line is operated by Warsaw Genomics)
2. +48 793 293 333 – from 15: 00-8: 00 (the line is operated by the Rakiety Oncology Foundation)

University Hospital in Krakow for Ukrainian citizens

For citizens of Ukraine who have a certificate issued by the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland or an imprint of the stamp of the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland in a travel document, confirming their legal stay in the territory of the Republic of Poland, after crossing the border from February 24, 2022, in connection with an armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine – The University Hospital is launching:

1. Dedicated internal medicine and surgery office open DAILY from 12 to 15, within the HED (Building F, level +1, office No. 15) (the office accepts adults ONLY)
2. Psychiatric and psychological help for refugees from Ukraine. The assistance will be provided from Monday to Friday, from 12 to 15 in the room no. 207, 21nd floor, ul. Kopernika XNUMXA. The office accepts adults as well as children and adolescents. Interviews are possible in Ukrainian, , Belarusian, English and Polish. If you are interested, please contact us by phone on working days (Monday – Friday) between 12.00 – 15.00, at the dedicated telephone number +48 601 800 540
3. Maternity clinic for refugees from Ukraine. The office will be open from Monday to Friday, from 12 to 15, at ul. Kopernika 23, room. no. 1, XNUMXst floor. Department of Pregnancy Pathology (before entering the ward, you must report to the Main Registration).

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