{"id":9851,"date":"2023-02-28T14:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/uncategorized\/emile-ducke-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:02:06","slug":"emile-ducke-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/awarded\/emile-ducke-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Emile Ducke: Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n\n \"\"\n \n Kuragino, Russia. Patients wait for their treatment in the narrow corridors of the "Saint Luke" hospital train.<\/span>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n
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Hospital on wheels. <\/strong>\"\"<\/h1>\n

In “Diagnosis”, Emile Ducke photographs the unusual health care in the Russian hinterland.<\/p>\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Son, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Patients are registered<\/strong> at the reception desk in one of the hospital train carriages and are assigned appointments. The treatments are free of charge for them.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Kuragino, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Even at temperatures<\/strong> well below freezing, villagers are already lining up in the early hours of the morning. They all want to get an appointment with a doctor on the train.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Tuba, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

The hospital train<\/strong> gives patients the opportunity to consult several doctors within one day.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Kuragino, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

General practitioner<\/strong> Lyudmila Danilova and her assistant take notes on their examinations in a small treatment compartment.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Tuba, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Jelena Semina waits<\/strong> for the EEG diagnostics to begin. The train is equipped with X-ray and ultrasound machines, a laboratory for blood tests and a dental office.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Kuragino, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Vladimir Kuzmin<\/strong> is x-rayed in a special carriage of \u00abSaint Luke\u00bb. He has a contusion in the chest area and needs surgery in the provincial capital Krasnoyarsk.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Kuragino, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Father Igor,<\/strong> a priest from the town of Kuragino, rings the bells before a service. The services are often attended before and after the treatments.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Kuragino, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Father Igor<\/strong> holds a church service for the patients of the procession. The patron saint of the hospital train is St. Luke. He was a priest who served as a doctor in the Krasnoyarsk region during the Second World War. That is why the train also has its own cathedral wagon.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n J\u0435rbinskaya, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

The hospital train<\/strong> stops at J\u0435rbinskaya, one of eight stops on the train’s journey.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Son, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Since Alexei Anziferov<\/strong> suffered a serious car accident eight years ago, he has been dependent on support and care from his parents. Due to the remote location of their village, treatment appointments in the regional capital Abakan and the supply of special medicines are a challenge.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Tuba, Russia\n<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Irina Desnitskaya<\/strong> works in the village store of Tuba, one of the eight stops on the route of Saint Luke\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Kuragino, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

In Kuragino,<\/strong> retirees have founded a fitness group.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n Tuba, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

A man waits<\/strong> in his car in Tuba. Many of the patients come from the surrounding villages.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"\"\n \n J\u0435rbinskaya, Russia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Patients in J\u0435rbinskaya<\/strong> on the way to the hospital train .<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

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