Epipicto; guide to epilepsy; to be translated into Ukrainian for refugees fleeing to the UK

Epipicto; guide to epilepsy; to be translated into Ukrainian for refugees fleeing to the UK

A straightforward manual for living with epilepsy has been made an interpretation of into Ukrainian to assist individuals with the condition getting away from the conflict torn country.

Epipicto is a pictorial aide previously created in 2019, and last month when the conflict in Ukraine started, interpreters got to work delivering a Ukrainian and Polish variant to help exiles as well as those in nations they are escaping to.

Shirley Maxwell, chief head of Epilepsy Connections, said: “We realize that the emergency in Ukraine would hit individuals with epilepsy hard. Deficiencies of lifesaving against seizure prescription and absence of admittance to mind and exhortation has put them at horrible gamble.”

The aide targets grown-ups with low degrees of education and displaced people showing up in Europe and the UK with little information on the neighborhood language.

Epipicto had initially being accessible in six dialects – Dutch, English, French, German, Maltese and Spanish – and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde helped reserve the most recent version.

Craig Broadfoot, senior supervisor for neurosciences at the wellbeing board, said: “Individuals escaping Ukraine need all the help we can give them, and these new Epipicto assets are a straightforward however significant help for individuals residing with epilepsy who have been compelled to escape their homes.”

The aides are presently currently being used in Poland and Germany and could turn into a significant help apparatus for Ukrainians who come to live in the UK.

Thoughts for Epipicto’s substance were created and refined by individuals with epilepsy and their family members and reflect what patients need to be aware, especially at the place of analysis.

The aide isn’t intended to give explicit data, its makers expressed, yet to begin discussions about epilepsy and backing individuals to observe the assist they with expecting to live well.

Subjects incorporate what epilepsy is and what it isn’t, kinds of seizures, epilepsy emergency treatment, and data for families and companions.