King Charles has stepped out in London today for a poignant visit to the Centre for Injury Studies at Imperial College, just days before the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The King’s visit today aims to highlight the UK’s support to all the injured service personnel in Ukraine.
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The monarch will shortly tour the premises and hear about how the university’s work focuses on the vital link between research and humanitarian efforts.
He will learn about how Imperial applies lessons learned from previous conflicts, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, to support the wounded in Ukraine and how the UK can learn from Ukraine’s experience in combat medicine, rehabilitation and conflict related injuries.
The university’s Major Trauma Director, Dr Shehan Hettiaratchy, and Director and Associate Director of the Centre for Injury Studies, Professor Anthony M. J. Bull and Dr Spyros Masouros respectively, will guide the King around the laboratory space, where they will explain the Centre’s armoured protection research.
Charles is expected to view a demonstration of a machine simulating the creation of combat injuries to see how adequate protection can limit injuries, as well as see a device that is used for testing the durability of leg prosthetics while hearing about current research on them.
His Majesty will then view a demonstration using virtual reality biofeedback technology to enhance rehabilitation following limb loss and learn about a rehabilitation site in Lviv called “Unbroken”, which is built to provide a variety of services for injured Ukrainians.
During his visit, Charles is set to meet with representatives of organisations and UK government departments involved in an international medical partnership, including staff from the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Health and Social Care, while he will also meet representatives of the NHS, and current Ukrainian students at the university.
It comes as the monarch handed Humanitarian Medals to NHS medics who have provided care in Gaza on Tuesday.
The recipients, including 14 frontline medical responders associated with British emergency medical charity UK-Med, received their medals at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.