The surgeons from the US and Canada tried to repair faces damaged in the war in Ukraine

The First Days of World War II: a Ukrainian Infantry Brigade Soldier in the Vicinity of War-Insurgery. Explaining Clarke’s Story

“You didn’t just hear the missiles landing, you felt that they reverberated in your chest,” Clarke explained at WIRED Health in London this March. Above ground, windows were blown out. Shattered glass lined the streets. “I was terrified,” Clarke says. “The Ukrainian people have endured this for months.”

The war has made it difficult to provide care for those with terminal illnesses, including soldiers wounded on the front lines. Patients and those caring for them need more help, says a doctor in the National Health Service. One hospice she visited, a three-story building that cares for up to 30 patients, couldn’t afford a lift, so those who couldn’t make it down the stairs were stuck inside. There are similar scenes in hospices nationwide. One patient who can’t afford to donate to theHospice, has been knitting socks for doctors and nurses who are caring for her.

“I am proud because you didn’t run and hide. You must be born with that. My son and his boys have always been a source of pride for me. His mother claims that the Russians will destroy them if they don’t do this.

Belinsky says he volunteered for a Ukrainian mechanized infantry brigade in 2020. Following the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, it was one of the first groups to see combat.

The first days of the war were shown by Belinsky. With an impish grin, he reveals his unit speeding along on the back of an armored vehicle. He raises his fist.

I don’t know how I made it. I don’t know how I survived the shelling. My eye was hanging out. I was knocked out. I had my face covered in blood. He said the bullet pierced his lungs through his body armor.

Face the Future: A Canadian-American Surgical Foundation to Help With Soldiers and Civilian Traumas in Ukraine (Russian, Ukrainian, Russian)

But there are other cases, like Belinsky’s, that could require multiple surgeries and recoveries. So, Dr. Brissett says he expects a five- to 10-year commitment from the surgeons involved.

Even in a country like Ukraine, with a sophisticated medical system and highly trained surgeons, it has taken a specialized US and Canadian team to deal with the extent of some of the injuries of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

Dima told how his convoy hit a landmine – the blast tore through the left side of his face. Where Dima’s eye should be, Ukrainian surgeons sewed over a flap of skin.

Face the Future was started by a Canadian doctor and works all over the world. The foundation’s work included Russia until recently, but its efforts quickly pivoted to Ukraine after the full-scale war began.

Ivano-Frankivsk is a small city in western Ukraine and the surgeries were planned to make it safe. The doctors scheduled multiple surgeries over the week, holding video calls and exchanging x-rays and CT scans long before they arrived. This is also not their first mission to Ukraine.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/europe/ukraine-us-canadian-surgeons-facial-intl-cmd/index.html

Facial intl-cmd and other facial surgery: What can we do about it? Dr. Cho discusses his experiences with the Army and Iraq

It is necessary that we have people that have the right attitude and humanitarian spirit. There is no place for people who are always right or perfect, no matter how many times you say it.

“It is very difficult. I have dealt with some of the most challenging cases in my career. Personally, I just must tell myself that all that I can do is the best that I can do and hope the patient understands,” Dr. Cho, who spent more than 20 years as a US Army physician, including a tour in Iraq, told CNN.

Belinsky shrugged. Some back and forth followed through the interpreter, as future surgery options were discussed. Belinsky wanted to fix his cheek implant, but he needed more time to do it.

You have to understand that the worst day of their life is when they were injured and they need to accept that they are moving in a positive direction. Our hope is that at some point they leave happy and then I don’t see them again,” said Frodel.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/europe/ukraine-us-canadian-surgeons-facial-intl-cmd/index.html

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Belinsky spoke before the surgery began and said he couldn’t sleep until after dawn, reliving battles in his head. He wants to return to frontline but knows that he is going to be a burden.