Doctors donate sight and night vision devices to Ukrainian defenders
The doctors of the National Children's Specialized Hospital "Okhmatdyt," famous in Ukraine for treating children's cancer and rare diseases, thanked Ukrainian defenders for gifting to them sight devices and a night vision device. The modern equipment was purchased with money raised during the charity fair dedicated to Masliana or Butter Lady, a Ukrainian folk holiday.
The initiative coincided with the anniversary of russian beginning its full-fledged invasion of Ukraine. The hospital's management wanted to do something helpful for the state and the soldiers, as well as to support morale in the hospital and unite all doctors and employees for victory, the public relations department of the Joint Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
"It was a fair sale, for which we prepared very carefully. It was a real holiday for doctors, staff, young patients, and their parents. It was fun and interesting," said Okhmatdyt executive director Volodymyr Zhovnir. "The commission counted the raised funds and determined the winners. The fair raised more than 100,000 hryvnias. Then we turned to the military with a proposal to purchase something they need with the received funds."
The equipment was handed over to the Ukrainian army's Joint Forces commander, Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev, who thanked the doctors and staff of the children's hospital for the assistance. He emphasized that all devices would be transferred to military units performing tasks on the border with russia.
"We will definitely use them to protect our soldiers and our victory," Naiev assured.
Currently, many children injured as a result of russia's military aggression against Ukraine are undergoing inpatient treatment in Okhmatdyt. So the Joint Forces command took it upon themselves to help children and has been caring for the hospital's little patients, organizing festive theater and circus performances, interactive educational games, and, of course, giving sweets. The children's hospital has continually received help from the military in equipping treatment rooms, a rehabilitation center, and important medical equipment.
Recently, the command and soldiers also visited Okhmatdyt not empty-handed: each child received a sweet gift and those who didn't want sweets got a toy or a book.
Dnipropetrovsk Combine of Food Concentrates, known under the trademark Golden Grain, and Protect The Future Charity Foundation supported the event.
"With gifts, we pass on a little part of our dreams to the children so that everyone treated here definitely recovers, so that the children live a full life and are awaited by only a bright future. We do everything to make childhood true," General Lieutenant Serhii Naiev emphasized.