The citywide preventive campaign “Health Week in Lviv”, which was to take place on 22–26 September, has been postponed to 6–10 October. The dates were changed because of an unfavourable weather forecast, as rain is expected next week and all medical tents will be operating outdoors.
The organisers emphasise that the format of the campaign and the range of free services for residents remain unchanged. At 33 locations, Lviv residents will be able to undergo check-ups, receive consultations from doctors and, if necessary, referrals for further tests.
During Health Week on 6–10 October, visitors will be offered:
- blood pressure measurement;
- blood glucose testing;
- a ferritin test to assess iron stores in the body;
- assessment of cardiovascular disease risks;
- electrocardiograms in ambulance vehicles;
- testing for HIV and hepatitis B and C;
- PSA testing (prostate-specific antigen);
- a test for Helicobacter pylori;
- blood group and Rhesus factor determination;
- dermatological examinations;
- dental consultations;
- appointments with obstetrician-gynaecologists from St Anne’s Hospital.
Among the new options this time is the ferritin test, which makes it possible to detect iron deficiency even before haemoglobin levels fall. During consultations with obstetrician-gynaecologists from St Anne’s Hospital, women will be able to ask questions about reproductive and general women’s health.
Residents are asked to take the date change into account when planning their participation in Health Week and to inform relatives and friends who also intended to come for check-ups.
According to medical staff, during the Health Week campaign held in June, 10,356 people underwent free examinations. Almost one in three participants were found to have readings outside the normal range that required a doctor’s attention: more than 2,900 people had elevated blood pressure, more than 1,700 had abnormal glucose levels, and in almost 350 participants, the ECG showed changes that required further diagnostics.
Health Week is organised by the Health Care Department of Lviv City Council together with municipal medical institutions. Medical tents will be set up in different districts of the city and in localities of the Lviv community according to the following schedule.
Schedule and locations of Health Week, 6–10 October
- 6–7 October, 11:00–18:00 – pl. Rynok, 1;
- 6–7 October, 11:00–18:00 – pl. Mytna;
- 6–7 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Volodymyra Velykoho (next to the Okean shopping centre);
- 6–7 October, 11:00–18:00 – smt Rudno, junction of vul. A. Sheptytskoho and vul. Ohiienka;
- 6–7 October, 11:00–18:00 – prosp. Chervonoi Kalyny (by the Zubra-Centr shopping centre);
- 6–7 October, 11:00–18:00 – prosp. V. Chornovola, 93;
- 6 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Shyroka (near the Levandivka market);
- 6 October, 11:00–18:00 – m. Vynnyky, vul. Halytska, 21–23;
- 6 October, 11:00–18:00 – prosp. V. Chornovola (near the Lviv hotel);
- 7 October, 11:00–18:00 – m. Dublyany (next to the Administrative Services Centre, TsNAP);
- 7 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. B. Khmelnytskoho (near the Pivnichnyi bus station, AS-2);
- 7–8 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. T. Shevchenka, 60 (near the Silpo supermarket);
- 8–9 October, 11:00–18:00 – square in front of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv;
- 8–9 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. T. Shevchenka (next to the VAM shopping centre);
- 8–9 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Sykhivska (by the Sykhiv shopping centre);
- 8 October, 11:00–18:00 – area by the monument to King Danylo Halytskyi;
- 8 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Volodymyra Velykoho (near the Ashan shopping centre);
- 8 October, 11:00–18:00 – crossroads of vul. S. Bandery and vul. Hen. T. Chuprynky;
- 8 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Trakt Hlynianskyi (by ATB-Market);
- 8 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. B. Hrinchenka (next to the Zboishcha market);
- 9 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. V. Symonenka (square near the Vasyl Symonenko Lyceum of Lviv City Council);
- 9 October, 11:00–18:00 – square at the junction of vul. I. Vyhovskoho and vul. Ye. Patona;
- 9 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Pasichna (park near the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary);
- 9 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Tershakovtsiv, 1;
- 9 October, 11:00–18:00 – vul. Stryiska, 109;
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – Stryiskyi Park (next to the former Lviv cinema);
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – vul. Stryiska (Fabryk retail and office centre);
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – vul. Bilohorshcha (near the Bilohorshcha Community Centre);
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – vul. S. Petlyury (near the Novyi market);
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – vul. I. Vyhovskoho (next to the Pivdennyi market);
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – vul. Naukova (near the VAM shopping centre);
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – prosp. Chervonoi Kalyny (next to the Shuwar shopping complex);
- 10 October, 10:00–15:00 – square at the junction of vul. Hetmana I. Mazepy and vul. Pylypa Orlyka.