Work in field practice. Homeless people in Brno are treated right on the street
It is a red, wet wound that penetrates deep into the subcutaneous tissue. A shin ulcer is the most common injury in homeless people. It was because of them that Brno’s medical students founded the Medici association on the street. They provide health care to the inhabitants of Brno without a roof over their heads, which they otherwise do not receive much.
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Homeless man at Brno main railway station. Illustrative photo.
| Photo: DENÍK / Lubomír Stehlík
The homeless were first treated right on the city streets. Specifically on the benches in Roman Square. After the covid pandemic, they moved to the contact center in Vlhká Street. “In addition to the most common leg ulcers, we treat skin problems, infections, parasitic diseases, scabies and other health problems. It also depends on what time of year it is, whether it is winter or summer, “said the founder of the initiative, Štěpán Matyska.
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According to the latest available data, there are about seventeen hundred homeless people in Brno, and the category includes people surviving outside or in dormitories, hostels and shelters. But also those who are just before their release from prison or hospital long-term sick and then have nowhere to live. “Compared to the 2014 survey, the numbers are lower. But the reality may be distorted by the fact that only seventeen percent of the 70 commercial apartments cooperated. In the last survey, seventy-five percent of the forty hostels cooperated, “explained the head of the social curators’ department of the Brno City Hall, Ladislav Ptáček.