Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, half a million Ukrainian children have had to be taken abroad for treatment.
Children maimed during the shelling were taken for treatment to Germany: Doctors applaud resilience of young patients Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion , half a million Ukrainian children have had to be taken abroad for treatment.
-under fire came to continue treatment in Germany. The evacuation of patients is being carried out jointly by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the European Commission, TSN reports.
“When the first explosion happened, I looked up and saw that it was falling on us and fell again after the second explosion, and it had already risen, and my mother and I started running to the station,” said 17-year-old Elizaveta Baranova at a Lviv hospital. Slavyanska.
The girl and her mother escaped from the Russian world and came under racist fire at the Kramatorsk railway station. The rocket hit 20 meters from her. “The wreckage went through his arm. It's good that he passed, but didn't stay there, “the girl added.
The roommate is Tanya from Kharkiv region. She was seriously injured on March 25 in her native Barvinkovo. “I got a wreck… I thought my arm was torn off. There was a fracture, ruptured nerves, blood vessels… It was scary… “, – the girl shares.
Tanya underwent 4 operations, she began to feel her hand, but her fingers still can not move. Abroad, the girl has a difficult rehabilitation to work again. “I wanted to be a police officer, but unfortunately I will not apply this year, because there are physical standards,” she added.
Only from this hospital 8 children go abroad. “Those who are stable and transportable, because not all children, unfortunately, will go for treatment,” said the director of the children's hospital Ivan Miskiv.
, from there by plane to Germany. A medical convoy is already waiting at the Ukrainian-Polish border, and then an hour's drive to the airport in Poland.
As soon as a family from Donbass survives the road, they had five children. One child was buried, another is hoped to be cured abroad. During the evacuation from Kurakhovo, the bus carrying them crashed. “Unfortunately, our driver violated traffic rules, our eldest daughter died, the second girl was seriously injured, the third – with a broken kidney,” – says the girls' mother.
In order to provide the necessary assistance during the relocation, young patients are accompanied by doctors from three countries at once – Ukraine, Poland and Germany. We monitored the condition of the children all the way. There were no deviations. We have been working for a month and a half, transporting people from Bucha, Irpen and Kyiv. These are mostly patients who have been hit by missiles and mines, “said Yakub Balaban, the transfer manager. Doctors applaud children who, despite serious injuries, board on their own.
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Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian aggression, half a million children have already been sent abroad for treatment. 15 clinics have agreed to receive Ukrainians abroad. “We enter patient data into the EU system, medical information system during the day, maximum two, we get which clinic will pick up this patient, which will be a transfer,” said Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine Iryna Mykychak.
In total, European clinics are ready to accept ten thousand Ukrainians in need of treatment or rehabilitation.
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