The life of a Ukrainian girl was saved at the Hadassah clinic on the Ukrainian-Polish border. The clinic, located in Przemyśl, is operated by a medical and nursing staff from Hadassah, together with representatives of the Red Cross and the Natan organization, for refugees who escaped the severe shelling.
Posted on: 27.3.22 10:45
The life of Jasnia, a 4-year-old Ukrainian girl, was rescued at the Hadassah Clinic on the Ukraine-Poland border, which provides
Medical care for hundreds of Ukrainian refugees daily. The clinic, located in Przemyśl, is operated by a medical and nursing staff from Hadassah, together with representatives of the Red Cross and the Natan organization, for the citizens of Ukraine who have escaped the severe shelling and are seeking refuge in neighboring countries.
A mother with her two 8-year-old and 4-year-old children arrived at the refugee center yesterday, Saturday, when there was very little in the bag they managed to take. “They fled in vain after the bombing began and soon packed up and left their hometown – Dnipro (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) which is in the east-central Ukraine,” Hadassah said, adding that “among the items not collected were the 4-year-old girl’s drugs. , Which needs them immediately for the treatment of cystic fibrosis from which she suffers all her life chronically and daily. It is a life-threatening disease that affects many body systems and causes severe damage to lung and pancreatic function. “During the day and for respiratory physiotherapy to clear the accumulated mucus that is healthy and causes breathing difficulties – and endangers her life.”
“When they came to our clinic in the refugee camp, the mother said that she and her children spent 5 days on the road without any treatment for the girl, a condition that worsened her condition and put her in real life danger,” says Dr. Alex Gills, a pediatric pulmonary specialist at Hadassah Medical Center. In his clinic at the hospital. ‘Luckily she came to take care of our staff, and at the first meeting the mother was very exhausted and worried about her daughter’s condition. After long days of driving, the girl came to us panting heavily with a poor stature, with blocked lungs – a real immediate danger. “After receiving his treatment, we gave her mother careful instruction in the physiotherapy she needed to perform. 4-year-old Jasnia went to bed without difficulty breathing and we arranged for further treatment with her the next day,” Dr. Gills describes with excitement. ‘In the morning, before the family was put on a train to Germany, we continued the necessary treatment and were able to stop the breathing difficulty. There is no doubt that her life was saved thanks to a stop at the refugee camp and the meeting with our nursing and medical staff from Hadassah. “
Dr. Gills said goodbye to the family not long before he explained to his mother how to proceed. “This brave and determined mother left everything to save her children,” he concludes, “and we would not let her little daughter lose her breath or deteriorate in her condition, which was very dangerous anyway. I am glad that we were called on its way at just the right moment, because that is why our delegation went out with the support of the global Hadassah Women’s Organization, Hadassah International and the Hadassah management, to help families who were displaced and quickly left everything they knew into an unknown future. I hope they have reached a safe shore and Vysnia is feeling well. ‘
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