Almost 100 children have been transferred from Okhmatdyt to other medical facilities in Kyiv, while about 70 remain under treatment.
627 children were at the Okhmatdyt National Specialized Children's Hospital when it was hit by a russian missile. As a result of the shelling, eight young patients were injured, all of whom have been transferred to other medical facilities.
Minister of Health Viktor Liashko emphasized:
“A larger number of casualties was avoided only due to the coordinated efforts of the entire hospital staff and the timely transfer of patients to shelter. I am grateful to everyone who risked their lives to save the most precious — our children. However, during the evacuation, 30-year-old doctor Svitlana Lukianchyk was killed. My condolences to her family, colleagues, and patients. This is an irreparable loss.”
Immediately after the tragedy, an initiative was organized to transfer patients to other medical facilities in Kyiv. In total, 94 children were taken to Kyiv Children's Clinical Hospitals No.1, No.2, No.4, and No.7, the Institute of Neurosurgery, the Center for Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, the National Cancer Institute, Perinatal Center No.7, and Denys and Dobrobut clinics. We are grateful to all the medical institutions that assisted their colleagues in the most terrible times.
In the surviving buildings of Okhmatdyt, 68 patients remain under treatment.
465 children who required scheduled treatment have been examined and temporarily discharged home. Communication with their parents is being maintained.
As a result of the missile terrorist attack on the “Okhmatdyt” hospital, the toxicology building with the Chronic and Acute Intoxications Departments (where children undergo dialysis) was destroyed. Two people were killed, and more than 50 were injured.
In the old surgical building, almost all windows were shattered, two surgical and two somatic departments, the intensive care unit, and the operating room block sustained significant damage.
In the new recently constructed building 12 departments were damaged, including 8 surgical, 5 oncological, two intensive care units, the operating room block, the radiology department, and the radiation therapy department. Additionally, part of the country's only oncohematology laboratory was damaged.
Okhmatdyt is temporarily not providing toxicology and emergency medical services. The trauma unit has also suspended its operations.
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