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The national program “Save a limb” was launched last year at the initiative of the international charitable foundation “Health of the Ukrainian people.” Its goal is to provide high-quality and professional care, as well as treatment of limbs of military and civilians by performing 15,000 surgeries a year. The program is free. Thanks to it, about 100 people have already undergone surgery. So, for example, one of the first participants of the program was a resident of Kyiv region, who almost lost her leg. However, thanks to the work of orthopedists and traumatologists, the limb was saved.

Journalists are invited to learn more about what makes it possible to save limbs, how doctors work and, if possible, talk to people who have been operated on.

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Active Rehabilitation Group instructors who have, themselves, spinal cord injuries help people with similar injuries. They work with patients in medical facilities of Rivne, Lviv and Kyiv regions. One of their main principles is “peer-to-peer,” which means that they do not seek to teach people, but rather share their experience. Active Rehabilitation Group works so that people who have suffered a spinal cord injury can return to an independent life as soon as possible.

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At the beginning of the full-scale invasion the occupiers heavily shelled Yasnohorodka village near Kyiv. Houses and infrastructure were destroyed. People in the village were left without a medical facility. However, a modular urgent care center was recently put up there. The building was installed by Reinvent Ukraine Charity Organization, which specializes in the restoration of housing and social infrastructure. (The funds for the project were donated by a benefactor from the Czech Republic). The area of the modular urgent care center is 48 m². It is made of metal structures. The center has two doctor’s offices, a waiting area and a technical room.

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Luke Tomich, an American neurosurgeon with Ukrainian roots, will come to Lviv for the third time to operate on Ukrainian children with brain diseases. The neurosurgeon will work at St. Nicholas Hospital for Children from April 30 to May 6. Together with his Ukrainian colleagues, he has already planned to perform surgeries and hold a series of consultations.

The doctor’s visit will be supported by the Razom for Ukraine charitable foundation, founded by Luke Tomich with his Ukrainian wife in 2014.

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A team of doctors will provide quality medical care in regional communities. (The mission in Donetsk region will take place on April 22-23 and on April 29-30 in Sumy region). The teams include therapists, surgeons, pediatricians, dermatologists and other specialists. For the first time, a team of dentists will join the mission to Donetsk region. In total, the team is planning to provide about 1500 consultations.

Journalists are invited to join the team of medical volunteers during the planned missions. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without traveling to the hot spots.

For reference: FRIDA Ukraine is a non-governmental, non-profit Ukrainian-Israeli charitable mission of volunteer doctors who, since the beginning of the invasion, have been providing emergency and outpatient medical care to the civilian population in the war-affected regions.

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On April 21, Lviv will host the Armor Fest charity festival to raise UAH 1 million. The funds will be spent on purchasing ultralight body armor plates for Ukrainian paramedics who save the lives of soldiers in the most challenging areas of the frontline. The festival is organized by the VETERANKA Women’s Veteran Movement, which assists the defenders of Ukraine and people affected by the Russian invasion.

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The International Rehabilitation Forum will be held in Lviv on April 11-12. Specialists from all over the world (doctors, experts, representatives of international institutions and foundations, including Red Cross and Red Crescent societies national representatives) will come together to discuss, analyze and develop ways to provide quality rehabilitation for people affected by the war in Ukraine.

During the Forum, participants will be able to learn more, in particular, about the UNBROKEN project, observe Ukrainian medics working in emergency conditions, and join the discussion to search for strategic solutions for the treatment, prosthetics, and rehabilitation of war victims.

Accreditation is required.

For reference: UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center is a unique place where adults and children affected by the war receive comprehensive, qualified medical care. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 11,000 wounded Ukrainians have been treated here, including 350 children.

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On April 11, a new building of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center will be opened in Lviv. The center, equipped with the most modern appliances and the latest techniques, is fully dedicated to returning the military and civilians to full life. The new center building includes seven floors for rehabilitation, with the apartments and a shop modeled. This way, the patient can prepare for new living conditions as much as possible. Every year, 10 thousand Ukrainians will be able to receive help here.

For reference: the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center based at the First Medical Union of Lviv is a unique place where everyone affected by the war gets a chance to be saved and receive quality rehabilitation. A multidisciplinary team: a surgeon, traumatologist, prosthetist, psychotherapist, and rehabilitation specialist works with each such citizen. The patient does not have to seek help abroad or in several different institutions but receives it at one single center.

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Hennadiy is an anesthesiologist and Head of the Anesthesiology Department of the Chernihiv Regional Hospital. At the very beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, he was in the hospital around the clock.

As reported, during the most difficult days of the siege, more than 50 wounded people in need of surgical intervention were brought there within one hour. Having no power, heating and water supply, the man, together with other doctors and medical personnel, saved patients and even performed extremely complex operations while being bombed and shelled by artillery. During surgeries, the operating room had to be lit with improvised means (headlamps and ordinary flashlights, mobile phones), because lights in the room were constantly flickering. In order to warm the wounded, they even had to cover them with plastic bottles filled with hot water.

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In April, Superhumans Center, a modern prosthetics and rehabilitation hospital will officially open in Lviv. Superhumans services are free for victims of war (civilian and military).

The second facility of the institution is planned to be opened in October. It will include 2 operating rooms, 45-bed wards and apartments for foreign doctors who will pass on their experience to their Ukrainian colleagues. In addition, Ukrainian prosthetists and rehabilitators from different parts of the country will be trained at Superhumans Center.

As reported, even before the official opening, two Ukrainian defenders have already received the first bionic prostheses in the hospital.

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