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The Gelsenkirchen pediatrician Dr. Kirchmeyer offers refugees a special service. He also helps read Ukrainian vaccination cards.
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Days and nights in bomb shelters, escaping at the risk of their lives: how Ukrainian girls and boys who escaped to Gelsenkirchen with their mothers feel can be experienced by Dr. Katja Kirchmeyer only guess. But what she knows as a pediatrician: pathogens do not avoid war refugees. And so she set up an extra consultation hour for them, including a Russian translation.
It was a call from an acquaintance that got the whole thing rolling: “He took in refugees himself, including a girl who needed a special hormone injection and certain blood tests,” reports the 53-year-old.
With the first vaccination pass in Cyrillic script, the Gelsenkirchen doctor was initially helpless
In addition to the young patient and her mother, he also brought a colleague with him to the examination, which he organized without further ado, who translated everything – via an online service via smartphone. “It worked quite well, but we were helpless with the vaccination card in Cyrillic.”
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She knew it wouldn’t be her last Ukrainian patient, so she asked her patients’ Russian-speaking parents if someone would be willing to translate. “Fortunately, a mother was found who now interprets on Wednesdays between 12 and 1 p.m..”
Doctor from Gelsenkirchen: Ukrainian children look pretty battered
Word of the service quickly got around among the refugees: on the first Wednesday, seven mothers and their children sought medical advice from her. “Fortunately, there were no serious illnesses, but the children looked pretty battered; they were very serious – no wonder, given what they went through. The fact that they had to leave their fathers behind also depresses them.” Further topic: Gelsenkirchen schools: lessons start for Ukrainians
The doctor appreciates the translation service of the Russian-speaking mother. “Now we can also read the vaccination certificates in Cyrillic script. This is also important because of the basic immunization in terms of diseases such as measles, after all, vaccination is compulsory for children and young people in Germany.”
City of Gelsenkirchen: Measles vaccination also applies to Ukrainian girls and boys
On request, the city confirms that this also applies to Ukrainian girls and boys – at least as far as childcare is concerned. “Compulsory schooling is more important for children over the age of six. We give parents a period of eight weeks to catch up on the measles vaccination. Otherwise, as with Germans, there is a risk of fines of up to 2,500 euros,” said spokesman Jan-Peter Totzek.
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Anyone who was unable to take their vaccination card with them when fleeing and cannot remember individual vaccinations will be offered all vaccinations, as provided for by the Robert Koch Institute – and a German-language vaccination card will be issued, which is internationally recognized.
If parents don’t have the treatment slips that are actually required for the billing, which the administration issues when the refugees are registered, this is not a problem for the doctor: “After consultation with the city, it is sufficient to present a copy of the identity card and to state the place of accommodation “, she is pleased about the “good cooperation” with the health department. The hormone injection for the girl was also approved “very quickly and unbureaucratically”. The treatment certificates also cover the cost of medication.
Pediatric practice of Dr. Katja Kirchmeyer, Ludwig-Erhard-Strasse 10, 0209 777025
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