Attack on "Okhmatdyt": a seven-year-old boy from Ivano-Frankivsk region, who was in a coma at the time of the missile attack, died
Kyiv • UNN
Seven-year-old Yegor Zavadetsky, who was in a coma at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital during a Russian missile strike on July 8, died after being transferred to another Kyiv hospital.
Seven-year-old Yegor Zavadetsky from the village of Golyn , Ivano-Frankivsk region, died in Kyiv. The boy was being treated at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital during the July 8 Russian strike. This was reported by Lyubov Zavadetska, the administrator of the Golyn Administrative Services Center, UNN reports, citing Suspilne .
"The boy fell off his bike. He had liver damage and a large blood loss. The child was hospitalized in Kalush and operated on. Then he was sent to Frankivsk. He was examined and told that there was nothing they could do. Yehor was transported by ambulance to Okhmatdyt in Kyiv. They confirmed that there was no threat to his life and operated on him. The operation lasted nine hours. Two days later, they operated again. After that, the child was in a coma for 10 or 11 days," Zavadetska said.
After the rocket hit Okhmatdyt, the boy was transported to the Kyiv Cardiac Center.
When the rocket hit, my mom was so hopeful that Yehor would live. I talked to her on the phone. She said that windows were blown out everywhere, and in the room where the child was in intensive care, the window was intact. The child was not hurt. They just turned off all the life-supporting machines. He was transferred to another hospital. He stayed in the cardiology hospital for two more days and then died
On September 20, Yegor Zavadetsky was to turn eight years old. The boy graduated from the 1st grade.
Addendum
A massive rocket attack by the Russian Federation on Ukraine on Monday, July 8, killed 33 people in Kyiv. Another 125 were injured.
On July 10, Health Minister Viktor Lyashko reported that a little boy died, who was in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Okhmatdyt at the time of the missile strike, and then was transported to a hospital in Kyiv.
At the time of the attack, there were 627 young patients in the hospital.
465 patients who needed routine treatment were examined and temporarily discharged.
94 children were taken to hospitals in Kyiv, 8 of them were injured during the shelling.
In the surviving buildings of the Okhmatdyt, 68 patients remained for treatment.
