Hello Friends,
The name of the Okhmatdyt Hospital comes from an abbreviation of a term meaning "protection of motherhood and childhood".
This is a multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment facility in Kyiv that provides specialized medicine for critical needs. This is a highly qualified medical care hospital, and the main facility for life-threatening pediatric ailments for the population of Ukraine. It’s the largest children's hospital in Ukraine. This is where seriously sick children go for their last chance to stay alive. The hospital was helping children not just from Ukraine, but for many countries in Europe.
On July 8th Russian rockets attacked this hospital and ruined several of its buildings. The departments of the hospital where children had kidney dialysis was completely ruined. Approximately 20 children were undergoing the dialysis procedure when the rockets struck the hospital. Additionally, there were doctors actively performing kidney transplant surgeries with donor and artificial kidneys.
Other buildings of the hospital were also affected as the power went off at intensive care and resuscitation therapy departments.
Many children were taken off life-support medical equipment and moved to other hospitals in Kyiv. The closest hospitals quickly reacted and prepared what they could to receive those children from intensive care. Timing was critical since their physical conditions were at such vulnerable stages. Leaving these children without needed medical equipment and electricity may cause additional casualties not yet reported.
Thank you for caring for Ukraine's children as much as we do.
Marcum Davis
Founding Director
Abundance International
