At the front and in the rear: how doctors of the Shalimov Institute save soldiers

Yesterday they were hospital workers, today they are saving soldiers at the front. Since the beginning of the war, thousands of paramedics and nurses, surgeons and anesthesiologists have donned uniforms to work on the front line. To mark the Day of the Medical Worker, which was celebrated the day before, media collected stories of those who work on two fronts - on the contact line and in the rear, UNN informs.

The Shalimov National Center for Surgery and Transplantation shared their experience of whom and how their doctors save.

"10 doctors and medical staff of the National Center are currently working in the combat zone," said Oleksandr Usenko, director of the Shalimov National Center for Surgery and Transplantation.

"99% of our doctors and medical staff remained in place and worked during these times. And they are still working now, for which I am very grateful to our people," he said.

It should be noted that the Shalimov National Research Center treats patients with highly complex pathologies.

 "We have a multifunctional clinic that has the ability to operate on the chest and abdominal organs, as well as on the limbs. A polytrauma requires a multifunctional approach and the participation of many specialists," adds Usenko.

In his turn, Vitaliy Pichka, a vascular surgeon at the Department of Major Vascular Surgery at the Shalimov National Center, spoke about the wounded man's rescue.

 "The fragment passed through his shoulder and chest, damaged a major vessel, and caused his arm to stop functioning properly. He needed an extremely complicated surgery, which we performed. At present, the soldier is doing well and recovering," the doctor said.

According to Pichka, Shalimov's hospital "treats seriously wounded people who cannot be treated in regular hospitals.