00:00This mobile medical team is going on one of its last trips.
00:04Leaving the hospital in the city of Tchiv, they are off to see patients in remote villages.
00:09All made possible with US assistance, but the project has been suspended.
00:15We were supposed to travel on the 28th, but the day before we were told that the project was cancelled.
00:21We were scheduled to go to three villages, so we decided to go anyway.
00:25It would have been inhumane if they were waiting for us and we didn't come.
00:31The team arrives to see one of their regular patients.
00:37For 84-year-old Maria Mefodievna, a visit from the mobile medical team is one of the few times she gets to see a doctor.
00:49We did an ECG examination remotely.
00:53We did not bring a lot of heavy, bulky equipment, just the device that reads the ECG and a tablet.
01:01Then everything is stored in the cloud. We measured blood sugar and also cholesterol levels.
01:12How can I get to the hospital?
01:15I have to gather a team to go to the district police station so they can take me out in a wheelchair.
01:21And I'm not just speaking for myself, but for the young and the old.
01:25The bus leaves three times a week. How do you get to Chechiv?
01:36The mobile medical team is funded by USAID.
01:39They'll be able to keep the equipment they have received, including glucometers, a defibrillator and a portable ultrasound machine.
01:47But they can no longer work off-site.
01:49The hospital can't afford to fund the mobile team.
01:54The final house call is done.
01:56From now on, they can no longer visit patients in remote villages.
02:04If it were possible to refuel our car and go to a bedridden patient, we would go.
02:09But you see, not everything depends on us.
02:12It's a pity that it depends on Donald Trump.
02:15All they can do is wait.
02:17For now, the fate of these US-supported projects remains unknown.
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