Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation

The Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation (ByMedSol) is a civil-society organization founded in 2020. According to its official website, its mission is to "create a healthy Belarus" by supporting and educating medical workers and patients. The foundation describes itself as working to ensure that the global medical community receives reliable information about the achievements and problems of Belarus's healthcare system, to unite Belarusian medical workers around the world, and to help Belarusian medicine become transparent, safe, and professional. ByMedSol operates primarily as a monitoring, advocacy, and information organization rather than a conventional healthcare provider. It runs a civic monitoring initiative that asks medical workers to share information about problems in their hospitals or clinics — such as shortages of medicines and supplies, the condition of equipment, and violations of labor rights — and asks patients to share photographs of discharge summaries from hospitals with personal data hidden. The foundation states that this data will be anonymized, systematized, and used as the basis for analysis and an independent assessment of the state of Belarus's healthcare system. Information can be shared securely through a specially created Telegram account, with the foundation advising users to send only via the "secret chat" function and then delete the chat on their side. In addition to monitoring, ByMedSol maintains a guides section where medical specialists from Belarus can find information about the legalization (recognition) of medical diplomas in different countries. The foundation also states that it represents and promotes the interests of Belarusian medical workers abroad. Its website is available in English and Belarusian (EN/BE), and it solicits support from the public. The organization is associated with the Belarusian democratic movement that emerged around the 2020 protests, and it is documented in Wikidata (Q114346030). It is not a commercial healthcare company; it is a nonprofit-style solidarity and advocacy foundation. Its activities focus on transparency, independent assessment, and professional solidarity among Belarusian medical workers at home and in the diaspora.

The Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation was founded in 2020, according to its official website. Its creation coincided with the wave of civic organizing that followed the contested 2020 Belarusian presidential election and the subsequent protests. The foundation emerged as part of a broader movement of Belarusian professionals and citizens forming independent organizations, both inside the country and in exile, to document conditions and advocate for change. From its establishment, ByMedSol has focused on three connected areas: supporting and educating medical workers and patients; monitoring and independently assessing the state of Belarus's healthcare system; and representing Belarusian medical workers abroad. Its civic monitoring initiative invites medical workers to report shortages of medicines and supplies, the condition of equipment, and violations of labor rights, while patients are asked to share anonymized photographs of hospital discharge summaries. The foundation states that all such data is anonymized, systematized, and used to produce analysis and an independent assessment of the healthcare system. To protect contributors, it provides a dedicated Telegram account and instructs users to communicate only through the "secret chat" function and then delete the chat on their side. ByMedSol also developed a guides section aimed at medical specialists from Belarus, providing information about the legalization (recognition) of medical diplomas in different countries. This reflects the foundation's dual focus on those remaining in Belarus and those who have left. The foundation states that it works so that the global medical community receives reliable information about the achievements and problems of Belarusian healthcare, so that Belarusian medical workers around the world are united, and so that Belarusian medicine becomes transparent, safe, and professional. It also states that it represents and promotes the interests of Belarusian medical workers abroad. The organization is documented in Wikidata under Q114346030. Its website is available in English and Belarusian, and it actively solicits public support. As of the available evidence, the foundation continues to operate as a civil-society organization rather than a commercial enterprise.

• 2020

  Foundation established, according to its official website.

• Launch of civic monitoring initiative inviting medical workers and patients to share information securely via Telegram.

• Introduction of a guides section on legalization of medical diplomas in different countries.

A civil-society solidarity and advocacy foundation focused on transparency, independent assessment, and professional solidarity in Belarusian healthcare.

• Civic monitoring of the healthcare system

  A program collecting reports from medical workers and patients about shortages, equipment conditions, labor rights violations, and hospital discharge summaries, to be anonymized and used for independent assessment.

• Guides on medical diploma legalization

  A section where medical specialists from Belarus can find information about the legalization of medical diplomas in different countries.

1. 1Фонд медицинской солидарности Беларусиbymedsol.org
2. 2Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundationwikidata.org