Originally I trained as a veterinarian and I spent 10 years working as a veterinary surgeon, anesthesiologist, and critical care specialist in private clinics.
However, my desire to study human medicine and help people prevailed.
Plus I’m not cut out for the money side of things – I find it difficult to put a price on helping others.
So, I enrolled in medical college. Like all students, I completed my clinical internships at hospitals and clinics. Back then, homeless people were not welcomed there: they were treated rudely, given low priority, and sometimes even kicked out into the freezing cold.
I remember how painful it was to witness this.
I began sharing stories about the lives of homeless people in Chelyabinsk and the support they truly need on my VK media platform.
My friends actively joined the cause, then volunteers came on board, and together we started visiting places where homeless people often seek shelter (heating tunnels and utility spaces) to help everyone we could.
That's how Charitable Hospital began and it continues to thrive to this day. We value every person we serve, every volunteer, and every doctor on our team.
We do what we do with love!
Rapid testing for socially significant infections (e.g., HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis);
Diagnostics and treatment by specialized physicians (therapists, neurologists, cardiologists, ENT specialists, dentists, dermatologists, surgeons, endocrinologists, podiatrists, and more);
Essential medications and wound dressings;
Hygiene products and food;
Access to warm showers, fresh clothing and a hot cup of tea.
Our Goals
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Providing free pre-medical assistance on the streets
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Distributing personal hygiene kits
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Upholding the philosophy of gratuitous aid for those in need
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Reminding every person of their inherent dignity, and this applies not only to homeless individuals, but to all of us: "You are HUMAN"
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Educational outreach
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Raising public awareness that people living on the streets deserve respect and compassion
Our Achievements
Charitable Hospital became the first project in the history of the Ural region to deliver medical care directly on the streets.
We are loved and supported by our followers who donate and actively help the project grow.
Our beneficiaries have become more attentive to their own health.
The project has successfully helped homeless individuals reintegrate into society.
Our work is regularly featured in regional and federal media outlets.
A biographical book titled Charitable Hospital was published by Moscow Eksmo Publishing House with a print run of 3,000 copies.
Inspired by our example, volunteers in other cities now provide similar street-based medical assistance.
Charitable Hospital serves as an expert speaker at international conferences on protecting the rights of homeless individuals.
- Evgeny KosovskikhFounder and Director of Charitable Hospital Clinic
- Ekaterina PonomarevaExecutive Director, Accountant
- Yulia IoffeAdministrator, Social Work Specialist
- Lev PospelovHead of Operations, Warehouse Manager
- Tamara GuralActing Chief Physician, ENT Specialist, Volunteer
- Guzel TyutikovaSenior nurse, Volunteer
- Ekaterina LevaginaContent Manager
- Ksenia SartasovaGeneral Practitioner, Volunteer
- Ekaterina PaushkinaDermatologist and Venereologist, Volunteer
- Maxim KozlovGeneral Dentist, Head of Dental Office, Volunteer
- Kochar SahakyanOral Surgeon, Volunteer
- Yury KiparisovOral Surgeon, Implantologist, Volunteer
- Varvara SkapkarevaOral Surgeon, Prosthodontist, Volunteer
- Elena BessonovaProsthodontist, Volunteer
- Nikita AturovOral Surgeon, Volunteer
- Lyubov PozdeevaCardiologist, Volunteer
- Natalia KutkinaNeurologist, Volunteer
- Tatyana BazhenovaParamedic, Volunteer
- Lina MizyuginaStaff Nurse, Volunteer
- Ekaterina MekhaevaPodiatrist, Volunteer
- ArinaPodiatrist, Volunteer
- Sergey KuznetsovHead of Mobile Outreach Service
- Marina MedvedevaSocial Work Specialist, Volunteer
- Anastasia PopovaPsychologist, Volunteer
- Nikita VasilievProject Volunteer
- Zoya Reve RedoSpanish Translator, Volunteer