The Estonia Government is leasing the Isabelle Cruise line from the company Tallink. This Cruise line is docked in the Tallinn harbor. It is a home to 1,600 refugees from Ukraine and Russia.
There is a nurse's station on the ship. Those who are sick and need medical attention visit the nurse. She/He will assess the situation and prescribe medicines for the patients. The patient then goes to the Red Cross Pharmacy on board the ship.
The nurse's office is open 5 days a week and serves about 20 patients per day.
The Estonian Red Cross then fills the prescriptions. These medicines are over the counter medication. They are given only what they need.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has provided medicines for this pharmacy.
The pharmacy is open 1 day a week, but hopes to open for more days.
Challenges at the start of the Ukraine/Russian crisis:
For the first 2 months after February 24, 2022 the refugees had influenza and diarrhea. All the refugees either had COVID vaccinations or received them when they entered the ships.
Some of the refugees sought shelter in local hotels, but as the summer tourist season started, they either moved on or they are residences on "the Isabelle."
As of July, the ship is calm. The children were able to enroll in the Public School system for their education from February to June.
The rooms are small but adequate. The refugees store their luggage in the gated shops.
There is a place by the entrance for strollers and bikes. There are several locked up stores that are housing food storage.
There is a cafeteria.
The children have lounges and cafeteria places to go to play games, socialize, and group activities.
There is an information desk with 2 assistances for those need help. There are many volunteers helping in different capacities to make this transition as smooth as possible.
The government is trying to find apartments so the ship can be used for the tourist season. Apartments are hard to come by in Estonia so it makes the refugees a little uneasy with what is going to happen to them in the future.
The people living on the ship can come and go as they like with their own special card. Outsiders have to have special permission to enter the ship. There is a security check point. There are regular busses that stop at the harbor to take the people into the city.
The harbor is within walking distance to Old Tallinn and malls.
The nurses are now concerned about the coming of fall and the sicknesses that follow.
The Estonian Red Cross would like to have a good supply of medicines and vaccines available.
PHOTO: Elder and Sister Blau, Head of Pharmacy on ship, 2 representatives from Estonia RED CROSS
Alexander
Nevsky Cathedral
1894–1900, when the country was part of the Russian Empire. The cathedral is Tallinn's largest orthodox church.
It is dedicated to the grand prince of Kiev, and later Saint Alexander Nevsky who
in 1242 won the Battle of the Ice on Lake Peipus, near the present-day border between Estonia and Russia. The cathedral was built in the 19th century and was so disliked by the Estonians as a symbol of oppression that the Estonian authorities scheduled it to be demolished in 1924, but was never implemented because of lack of funds and because of the massive construction.
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