Critically ill girl resuscitated under fire after she stopped breathing during Russian attack on Chernivtsi
Doctors have saved the life of a seriously ill girl named Zlata who suddenly stopped breathing during a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on Chernivtsi. Zlata was resuscitated under fire.
Source: Marta Levchenko, philanthropist and founder of the Butterfly House, a children’s hospice in Chernivtsi
Quote from Levchenko: "Zlata suffered respiratory arrest during the strikes, so the doctors, risking their own lives, did not take shelter and continued with the resuscitation."
Details: Levchenko said that during the air raid, the other children had been taken to a shelter which the centre team had prepared in advance for overnight stays in case of possible attacks.
Quote: "Most of the children at the Butterfly House were evacuated from dangerous areas, have suffered blast injuries and are still afraid to sleep near windows because of the stress they have experienced. So even the sound of attacks sets them back a hundred steps in their rehabilitation."
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The Butterfly House team is asking for donations to help install metal shutters on the windows of the intensive care unit.
Background:
- On the night of 11-12 July, Russian troops launched 26 cruise missiles and 597 drones on cities in Ukraine. Although most of the aerial assets were shot down, there were hits on civilian infrastructure, particularly residential buildings.
- Chernivtsi was one of the epicentres of the Russian attack. Two people in Chernivtsi were killed by falling debris from Russian aerial assets: Sviatoslav Lazarenko, 43, an official at the Sniatyn City Council in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, and Diana Kravchenko, 25, a pharmacy manager.
- Doctors in Chernivtsi are battling to save the lives of four people who were seriously injured in the attack. One woman is in a critical condition, Chernivtsi Oblast Military Administration has reported. Ten civilians sustained minor injuries and received medical assistance at the scene.
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