Regenerative Medicine and Cutting-Edge Technologies: Vinnytsia Continues Its Cooperation with Münster in the Field of Healthcare

UKM (Uniklinik Münster) is the University Hospital of Münster in Germany, one of the country’s leading and largest multi-specialist medical centres. Every year, it treats over 50,000 inpatients and nearly half a million outpatients. Doctors and researchers also undertake training there, developing new treatment methods and technologies. This includes the development of modern digital tools based on robotics, innovative approaches to the treatment of heart disease, and the performance of transplants, prosthetics and patient rehabilitation.

Vladyslav Skalskyy, Deputy Mayor of Vinnytsia, noted: 'It is important for us to study foreign medical practices, as this primarily improves the quality and standards of medicine, facilitates development in the most up-to-date and leading technologies and treatment methods, and this is absolutely essential when there is a war in the country. Secondly, such a visit involves communication, the exchange of experience and further integration into the European medical community. It means optimisation, modernisation and the opportunity to introduce something new and guaranteed to be effective. This is a case where we are not merely establishing communication, but representing the community and the country at the level of the global medical community.'

He also took the opportunity to thank the team from the German partner city for the support Vinnytsia has received since the start of the full-scale war. During this time, the two sides have built up a track record of cooperation and implemented a number of joint projects.

During their visit to UKM, the delegation from Vinnytsia had the opportunity to view presentations, tour the departments of general, visceral and transplant surgery, and the state-of-the-art robotics centre. They also took part in a discussion with university researchers on the possibilities of modern medicine and the impact on it of the rapidly changing medical technology market. During the discussions, the German doctors were interested in the experience gained by their Vinnytsia colleagues during the war.

According to Nataliia Korobchynska, Deputy Director of the City Council’s Department of Healthcare, Vinnytsia already has established cooperation with German doctors, and the focus is now on deepening this partnership.

‘Thanks to our partnerships, specialists from Münster University Hospital, Vinnytsia Emergency Hospital and City Clinical Hospital No. 1 are currently exchanging expertise. They work in the fields of traumatology, reconstructive surgery, vascular surgery and infection control. We have also received the latest treatment and rehabilitation equipment from our partners. This includes, in particular, VAC systems, which accelerate wound healing, a complex for musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and paediatric beds,' says Nataliia Korobchynska.

According to her, deepening cooperation with Münster University Hospital offers extensive opportunities for mutual knowledge exchange and the acquisition of new methods for treating injuries and infectious complications.

During the visit, it was agreed that specialists from Vinnytsia will soon be able to learn surgical techniques in the Surgery 3.0 format in the fields of regenerative and restorative medicine.