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A team of plastic surgeons will perform a free surgery for a Ukrainian defender in Kyiv as part of the NoScar initiative on September 22. Bohdan is 24 years old. He is a soldier from the Kirovohrad region. His military service took place near Kherson and was seriously injured. The defender lost his eye and had shrapnel wounds all over his body. His arm is not functioning properly. On Friday, the team of doctors plans to treat the largest scar on his chest, reconstructive surgery of the eyelids, and tissue lipofilling (to make the prosthetic eye not differ from a healthy one).

Journalists will have an opportunity to talk to the doctors and the patient.

For reference: NoScar is an initiative to provide free scar correction for Ukrainians who suffered in the war.

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On September 15, free first aid training will be held at 12 stations of the capital subway. Experienced specialists and instructors of the Center for Emergency Medical Aid and Disaster Medicine will conduct training for everyone. Doctors will teach people how to initially assess the victim’s condition, how to act in case of massive bleeding, airflow limitation, thermal burns, etc.

Important note: Foreign media must obtain accreditation from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

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During Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Oleh decided to join the army to fight in the war. His unit was assigned to the 68th Jaeger Brigade. The man says that an enemy tank hit the building he was in. Shell fragments hit Oleh in the leg and severely injured it. Later, due to improper treatment, the metatarsal bone began to rot and had to be removed. 

However, now the man is a member of the #SavetheLimb National Program, which entails amputation-free survival. Healthcare professionals are working towards leg salvage. Some patients treated within the program, depending on the complexity of their injuries, may undergo as many as twenty surgeries to avoid limb amputation. 

For information: The “Save the Limb” national program was launched last year at the initiative of the International Charitable Foundation “Health of the Ukrainian People.” Its mission is to stop the disability of Ukrainians due to injuries to their arms and legs sustained during the war.

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On September 12, a briefing on the topic: “Results of work by CO-PILOT NEURO mission of American neurosurgeons to Ukraine” will take place in Kyiv.

Participants:

Maksim Shapiro, neurosurgeon (USA)

Peter K. Nelson, endovascular neurosurgeon (USA)

Professor Dmytro Shcheglov, neurosurgeon specializing in interventional neuroradiology, Candidate of Medical Sciences (Ukraine)

Mykhailo Kostiuk, neurosurgeon, vascular surgeon, Candidate of Medical Sciences (Ukraine)

Olena Tieriaieva, medical expert, Project Manager at “RAZOM Health” program of the “RAZOM for Ukraine” charity (Ukraine)

The American neurosurgeons’ mission visited different cities of Ukraine on September 4-13. Doctors of the mission perform the most complex neurosurgical operations and help implement the latest costly neuroradiological technologies to treat cerebrovascular diseases in Ukraine.

On September 4-6, the mission performed surgeries in Dnipro, on September 7-9 in Lviv, and on September 10-13 in Kyiv.

For reference: The “Co-Pilot” program has been implemented by the “RAZOM” foundation together with partners during 2016-2023. It brings missions of American and Canadian doctors of various specialties to Ukraine: reconstructive surgeons, face, head and neck, eye reconstruction, neurosurgeons, orthopedists and traumatologists. The purpose of the program is to train professional doctors of the highest level in Ukraine, who would become the foundation, from which the latest knowledge and technologies will spread among the entire medical community.

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Tetiana Romaniuk joined the volunteer battalion “Hospitallers” in September 2022, when her skills as a quick response volunteer of the Red Cross Society in Ukraine came in handy. The woman went to the front line with five years of experience in emergency situations. In the break between evacuation missions, Tetiana works on towel embroidery, which is her way of trying to restore Ukrainian culture, which is being destroyed by the russian military.

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Anton is 27. He is a surgical oncologist. The man was born in Donetsk region, since 2014 he has lived in Kharkiv. In order to help people who suffered as a result of the war, in August last year he joined the Ukrainian-Israeli mission of medical volunteers FRIDA Ukraine. And since in September 2022 the Armed Forces liberated the occupied territories of Kharkiv oblast, Anton participated in the first field medical missions to settlements de-occupied from the enemy. He recalls that he was most stricken by the sight of broken houses and burnt down tanks between them. And while helping people, he heard that fighting was still going on somewhere nearby.

In general, the medical volunteer managed to visit almost all the de-occupied settlements of Kharkiv region.

For reference: on September 6, 2022, Ukrainian troops launched a major counteroffensive in Kharkiv region. Subsequently, Kharkiv oblast was completely de-occupied.

The Ukrainian-Israeli medical volunteer movement FRIDA Ukraine has been helping civilians since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Volunteer doctors (of various specialties) travel to the frontline and de-occupied regions (for example, Kharkiv, Kherson, or Donetsk regions), where they help local residents who complain about their health. In particular, they consult locals, perform surgeries, evacuate and distribute medicines.

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Journalists are invited to a press briefing on a training mission to provide prosthetic services to Ukrainians affected by the war. As part of the project started on August 21, doctors from the Medical Center Orthotics & Prosthetics (Maryland, USA) will train Ukrainian specialists to work with complex amputation cases and complex prosthetics. 

On Thursday, August 31, at a press briefing at the Superhumans Center, the first results of the exchange of experience between American and Ukrainian doctors, as well as the teams’ joint work on complex prosthetics for wounded soldiers, will be presented.

Event accreditation is required. Journalists will have the opportunity to talk to doctors and patients.

For reference, the Medical Center Orthotics and Prosthetics (MCOP) is an American medical center in Maryland specializing in prosthetics for patients who are missing limbs with complex amputation cases. The center is known for its work with the U.S. military, as it cooperates with the U.S. Department of Defense. The center’s doctors have prosthetically treated more than 1,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and annually prosthetically treat more than 350 patients on average.

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On August 30, media representatives are invited to visit the rehabilitation department at Bila Tserkva Hospital. During the event, the journalists will visit the rehabilitation unit, get acquainted with the work of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, and see how the department is organized to provide the best possible care to patients—military and civilians undergoing rehabilitation. Physical therapists will demonstrate the importance of an active approach to rehabilitation using the example of a patient with brain damage.

During the event, journalists will be able to learn about:

– The role of active, evidence-based rehabilitation in the process of treatment and improving the quality of life of patients;

– The rehabilitation process and its stages;

– How a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team works

– Why rehabilitation care it’s about a team of specialists rather than walls and equipment? 

– Why should a rehabilitation unit be integrated into a healthcare facility, to work as a part of it, and not as a separate institution?

Event accreditation is required. 

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Olha was an operating room nurse at the Department of Surgery in Hospital No. 555 in Mariupol. Russia’s full-scale invasion caught her while in Mariupol: she was helping to rescue wounded soldiers and civilians (including children). At that time, the medics did not even have time to sleep.

The enemy bomb hit the hospital on March 16, 2022. (The woman was in the operating room at the moment of the attack. The blast wave blew away her and her colleagues). The next day, the nurse was sent to the Ilich Iron and Steel Works together with other doctors. Under extremely tough conditions, in a bunker, they had to do, among other things, bandages and amputations, and doctors even performed open brain neurosurgery.

On April 12, 2022, the nurse and other doctors were taken prisoner. Olha was held in occupied Olenivka, Russian Taganrog, Valuiky, and Kursk, among other places. She was held in captivity for six months. The woman faced humiliation, interrogations, physical and psychological pressure.

For reference, more than 500 Ukrainian medical professionals are currently detained in Russia. Among them are both civilian and military doctors, according to the Center for Civil Liberties. Journalists can also ask for comments from the Center’s experts.

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On Independence Day, a photo exhibition, “Generation of the Unbreakable. The Art of Creating,” dedicated to the defenders and their families whose lives were changed by their service. On August 23, the exhibition will be opened by its heroes, patients of the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN. Each of them was seriously injured and now needs long-term treatment and rehabilitation. 

The five defenders will share their stories and the challenges they face on a daily basis. Together with the specialists of the Mental Health Center of the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN, they will tell how to communicate with defenders who have been seriously injured in the war, how to behave properly, and what not to ask.

The National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN patients are among the participants:

Volodymyr Rudkovskyi, a military man and young father. Before Russia’s full-scale aggression, he had been living an active lifestyle, running his own business, and was involved in sports. His right leg was amputated.

Mykhailo Bakaliuk, a soldier, originally from the Donetsk region. Father of three sons, the youngest is three months old. A serviceman had his left leg amputated.

Valentyn Anokhin, a soldier, dreams of playing basketball and making children fall in love with sports.

Oleksandr Zhuravel, a military paramedic, is the second patient in Ukraine to have a prosthesis implanted in his bone. His right leg was amputated. 

Pavlo Patseruk, soldier, junior lieutenant, platoon commander. Multiple shrapnel injuries of two lower limbs. 

Other participants:

Andrii Sadovyi, mayor of Lviv, ambassador of UNBROKEN.

Oleh Samchuk, Director General of the First Medical Association of Lviv.

Iryna Zaslavets, development director of the First Medical Association of Lviv, UNBROKEN project manager, moderator of the event

Oleksandr Kobzarev, Executive Director of the UNBROKEN Foundation.

Natalia Grodz, a psychologist at the Mental Health Center of the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN. 

Victoria Khemych, mentor at the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN. 

Event accreditation is required for the exhibition.

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