Lviv doctors save teenager after ceiling fell on his head during russian shelling of Bakhmut

Photo: First Medical Association of Lviv

Alvina Kaminska

16-year-old Roman from Bakhmut almost died in his own house with his family during another russian shelling in the eastern region of Donetsk. The family managed to get out from under the rubble, but the boy received mine-explosive injuries.

Rubryka reports, referring to the Facebook page of the First Medical Association of Lviv, that the teenager's house was struck in the middle of the night at 02:30, when people, taking advantage of the moments of silence, tried to fall asleep after the recent shelling.

The building began to shake, and in a moment, the ceiling fell on the boy's head.

Photo: First Medical Association of Lviv

Miraculously, a bloodied teenager with a head and arm injury escaped under the rubble. Relatives were also saved. The house where they lived burned down.

The injured family was first hospitalized in the Kramatorsk hospital, and then Roman was transported to the National Rehabilitation Center "Unbreakable" of the First Medical Association of Lviv.

The young man was diagnosed with a mine-explosive injury to the right hand, an open oblique fracture of two fingers with a long fracture line, and skin defects.

Photo: First Medical Association of Lviv

In Lviv, Roman's plaster cast was changed to a more comfortable orthosis, and to heal the defect on the surface of the hand, doctors used artificial epidermal flaps.

Currently, according to doctors, the teenager's condition has significantly improved. He was released from the hospital for outpatient treatment.

Photo: First Medical Association of Lviv

"Although Roman's house is no longer there, and there are fierce battles for his hometown, he and his family dream of returning to Bakhmut as soon as possible. An invincible boy wants to live in his invincible city," the hospital says.

To recap, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the mechanism of forced evacuation of children from active combat zones.

As Rubryka reported, since the beginning of russia's full-fledged invasion, 373 children are considered missing, and 464 minors have died at the hands of the aggressors.