Lucy Traves

Support Cardiac Surgery in Ukraine

Fundraising for British-Ukrainian Aid
£9,067
raised
Support Cardiac Surgery in Ukraine, 5 March 2022
As the full-scale war escalates, stand with Ukraine now! Please help those in urgent need of items for immediate emergency, medical supplies, first aid kits, transportation & critical services. We raise funds to provide immediate, direct support.

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The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has damaged Ukraine’s health care system. Logistics are under strain, cities are being shelled, doctors are joining the army. Patients cannot reach cardiac surgery centers in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and some other cities.

The Center of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery at Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital remains the only place where about 15-20 million Ukrainians can receive the whole scope of highly specialized treatment of heart diseases. It is the biggest regional cardiac surgery center, performing 3,000 surgeries annually, 600 of which are complex open-heart surgeries. 

The influx of refugees from the directly war-affected regions is already putting additional pressure on its facilities. Some of the Center’s equipment needs to be replaced, which is made almost impossible by the war.

The Cardiac Surgery Department urgently needs additional funds to secure a steady supply of medical equipment and surgery consumables to meet the increased demand for high-quality medical care.

All the money raised here will be transferred to the “Dar Sertsia” (“Gift of the Heart”) charity foundation that helps fund the department.

For additional details, please reach the Head of Cardiac Surgery Department, Dr Vitaliy Averchuk, at v.averchuk@gmail.com and +380503704928, and Prof Lubomyr Kulyk, Chairman of Lviv Center of Cardiac Surgery, at lubkul@mail.lviv.ua and +380506905860.

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About the campaign

As the full-scale war escalates, stand with Ukraine now! Please help those in urgent need of items for immediate emergency, medical supplies, first aid kits, transportation & critical services. We raise funds to provide immediate, direct support.

About the charity

British-Ukrainian Aid

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British-Ukrainian Aid supports people in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of medical aid to such persons and organisations caring for them.

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£9,066.29
+ £406.25 Gift Aid
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