TOPEKA (AP) — Gleb Gluhovsky has enlisted in the military to pay the country that kept him as a teenage refugee from war-torn Eastern Europe.
Gluhovsky, a medical assistant and colonel in the Kansas Army National Guard, deployed to Kosovo, Egypt, Kuwait and liberal Kansas, where he helped keep meatpacking plants open at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by testing workers.
Now fresh from his latest deployment to the Middle East, Gluhovsky is a Ukrainian refugee settled in the Kansas City area. His wife is from Crimea, a region of Ukraine annexed through Russia in 2014.
She works for Envision Healthcare, where she organizes nurse practitioners and other physician assistants for seven Kansas City-area hospitals. He said his service in the National Guard is imaginable because Envision “has supported me” at all times during his deployment.
For Gluhovsky, military service is “a very smart way to make sure that you only live for yourself, but also that you give back to others. “
“If you serve, you will gain a new circle of relatives who will take care of you and help you in your career,” Gluhovsky said. Must. But at the same time, it’s incredibly rewarding.
Gluhovsky’s circle of relatives lived in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, when the former Soviet Union began to collapse.
The circle of Moldavian or Russian relatives, he said, still spoke Russian.
“We were somewhat caught between the wave of Moldovan nationalism and Russian anti-Semitism,” Gluhovsky said. “So it was smart for the United States to welcome us at that time. “
Gluhovsky was 17 in 1991 when the family arrived in Kansas City as refugees. He found some jobs to help the family and began learning to speak English.
His interest in physical care was fueled by the death of his grandfather, who suffered a seizure at the center when Gluhovsky was 6 years old. The ambulance service refused to send emergency medical personnel because they did not need the death statistics in their record.
The “ruthless response” shocked Gluhovsky, who said the scenario “engenders the dream” of placing an emergency physician.
In Kansas, he was a paramedic before enrolling in military service in 1999. He then became a medical assistant and commissioned officer in 2002.
“Joining the military is just one of the tactics I can bring back into the network and thank America for necessarily saving my life and my family’s life,” Gluhovsky said.
Gluhovsky returned to Eastern Europe in 2007 for the first of his deployments with the National Guard.
He provided border security for thirteen months in Kosovo, where his language skills were needed. Subsequent deployments took him to Sinai, Egypt and Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan.
Gluhovsky volunteered for the National Guard’s project in western Kansas “during the dark times of COVID,” when meatpacking plants reached the brink of closure due to large infections. They can repaint if they were not sick.
Lee Norman, a retired National Guard colonel and former fitness secretary who controlled the state’s reaction to COVID-19, said Gluhovsky’s leadership is “integral to protecting workers’ fitness and keeping factories running. “
When vaccines became available, Gluhovsky helped with a cell unit that immunized thousands of employees at the plant.
Now that he has returned from his latest deployment, this time to Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Gluhovsky has attached his wife to refugees who fled the war in Ukraine and settled in Kansas City. He said his church has committed resources for five families with apartments, health care, driving classes and everything else they need.
All of his wife’s relatives had emigrated from Ukraine.
“It’s heartbreaking to see what’s happening, and we pray that war will be avoided so that other people can pass the house and rebuild,” Gluhovsky said. “In the meantime, we are doing what we can to provide support. “
Gluhovsky to remain in the state that presented him with so many opportunities.
“I certainly love Kansas,” said Gluhovsky. La most productive position to raise children, if you ask me. People with their feet on the ground. Strong circle of family values. And I’ve been lucky enough to have smart friends, smart employers. And I wouldn’t trade the Kansas National Guard for another state guard.
During his deployments, Gluhovsky relied on the support of his wife, colleagues, friends and the church to witness the “home front. “
He has been with Envision for approximately 10 years and serves as the company’s Regional Director of Advanced Practice Providers. Envision is one of the largest physicians and medical centers in the United States.
Robert Page III, president of the American Group Alliance at Envision Healthcare, said the company is “incredibly proud of our physicians and clinical teammates who dedicate their lives to helping those in need, serving our country and our patients. “
“They make a lot of sacrifices for the common good, and we thank them and their families for everything they do,” Page said. “In return, our national medical organization is committed to supporting service members like Gleb as they paint communities at home and abroad. “
Gluhovsky said working in health care has become increasingly stressful since the COVID-19 pandemic began. His recommendation to other members of the profession: “Take it one step at a time. “
“People will want physical care in the future. They want it,” Gluhovsky said. And those of us who entered the medical career did not do so as a lucrative business, but as a help for those who want it most. “
by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector November 11, 2022
TOPEKA (AP) — Gleb Gluhovsky has enlisted in the military to pay the country that kept him as a teenage refugee from war-torn Eastern Europe.
Gluhovsky, a medical assistant and colonel in the Kansas Army National Guard, deployed to Kosovo, Egypt, Kuwait and liberal Kansas, where he helped keep meatpacking plants open at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by testing workers.
Now fresh from his latest deployment to the Middle East, Gluhovsky is a Ukrainian refugee settled in the Kansas City area. His wife is from Crimea, a region of Ukraine annexed through Russia in 2014.
She works for Envision Healthcare, where she organizes nurse practitioners and other physician assistants for seven Kansas City-area hospitals. He said his service in the National Guard is imaginable because Envision “has supported me” at all times during his deployment.
For Gluhovsky, military service is “a very smart way to make sure that you only live for yourself, but also that you give back to others. “
“If you serve, you will gain a new circle of relatives who will take care of you and help you in your career,” Gluhovsky said. Must. But at the same time, it’s incredibly rewarding.
Gluhovsky’s circle of relatives lived in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, when the former Soviet Union began to collapse.
The circle of Moldavian or Russian relatives, he said, still spoke Russian.
“We were somewhat caught between the wave of Moldovan nationalism and Russian anti-Semitism,” Gluhovsky said. “So it was smart for the United States to welcome us at that time. “
Gluhovsky was 17 in 1991 when the family arrived in Kansas City as refugees. He found some jobs to help the family and began learning to speak English.
His interest in physical care was fueled by the death of his grandfather, who suffered a seizure at the center when Gluhovsky was 6 years old. The ambulance service refused to send emergency medical personnel because they did not need the death statistics in their record.
The “ruthless response” shocked Gluhovsky, who said the scenario “engenders the dream” of placing an emergency physician.
In Kansas, he was a paramedic before enrolling in military service in 1999. He then became a medical assistant and commissioned officer in 2002.
“Joining the military is just one of the tactics I can bring back into the network and thank America for necessarily saving my life and my family’s life,” Gluhovsky said.
Gluhovsky returned to Eastern Europe in 2007 for the first of his deployments with the National Guard.
He provided border security for thirteen months in Kosovo, where his language skills were needed. Subsequent deployments took him to Sinai, Egypt and Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan.
Gluhovsky volunteered for the National Guard’s project in western Kansas “during the dark times of COVID,” when meatpacking plants reached the brink of closure due to large infections. They can repaint if they were not sick.
Lee Norman, a retired National Guard colonel and former fitness secretary who controlled the state’s reaction to COVID-19, said Gluhovsky’s leadership is “integral to protecting workers’ fitness and keeping factories running. “
“If factories didn’t process cattle because of worker shortages,” Norman said, “we would have had big messes on our hands, whether it’s economic and logistical damage: What do you do with cattle that ranchers and manufacturers can’t process??”
When vaccines became available, Gluhovsky helped with a cell unit that immunized thousands of employees at the plant.
Now that he has returned from his latest deployment, this time to Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Gluhovsky has attached his wife to refugees who fled the war in Ukraine and settled in Kansas City. He said his church has committed resources for five families with apartments, health care, driving classes and everything else they need.
All of his wife’s relatives had emigrated from Ukraine.
“It’s heartbreaking to see what’s happening, and we pray that war will be avoided so that other people can pass the house and rebuild,” Gluhovsky said. “In the meantime, we are doing what we can to provide support. “
Gluhovsky to remain in the state that presented him with so many opportunities.
“I certainly love Kansas,” said Gluhovsky. La most productive position to raise children, if you ask me. People with their feet on the ground. Strong circle of family values. And I’ve been lucky enough to have smart friends, smart employers. And I wouldn’t trade the Kansas National Guard for another state guard.
During his deployments, Gluhovsky relied on the support of his wife, colleagues, friends and the church to witness the “home front. “
He has been with Envision for approximately 10 years and serves as the company’s Regional Director of Advanced Practice Providers. Envision is one of the largest physicians and medical centers in the United States.
Robert Page III, president of the American Group Alliance at Envision Healthcare, said the company is “incredibly proud of our physicians and clinical teammates who dedicate their lives to helping those in need, serving our country and our patients. “
“They make a lot of sacrifices for the common good, and we thank them and their families for everything they do,” Page said. “In return, our national medical organization is committed to supporting service members like Gleb as they paint communities at home and abroad. “
Gluhovsky said working in health care has become increasingly stressful since the COVID-19 pandemic began. His recommendation to other members of the profession: “Take it one step at a time. “
“People will want physical care in the future. They want it,” Gluhovsky said. “And those of us who entered the medical career did not do so as a lucrative business, but as a help for those who want it most. “
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Sherman Smith is the Kansas Press Association’s 2021 and 2022 Reporter of the Year. He has written award-winning reports on the instability of Kansas’ foster care system, misconduct by government officials, sexual abuse, technology, education, and the legislature. last spent 16 years in Topeka Capital-Journal. Il is a long-time Kansas.
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