Dr. Serhiy Ryzhenko, Chief Doctor at Mechnikov Regional Clinical Hospital in Dnipropetrovsk
07.29.2015
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

He was dying, but remained unbroken.

They lived through this together.

White operating rooms, surgical teams.

[They] were saving 39-year-old Oleksandr from Chernivtsi. [He was] wounded in Pisky, shrapnel in his head. Spent many days in intensive care. Tomorrow is the final reconstructive surgery on his skull.

“You have already overcome the greatest challenge,” said Andrey Sirko [neurosurgeon], patting the soldier on his shoulder. “You are not the only one with titanium [in your body].”

The art of survival and recovery ends with dignity.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1683111281925006&set=pcb.1683111745258293&type=1&theater.

Source: Serg Rizhenko Fb.

With deepest gratitude to the staff of the Mechnikov Clinical Hospital for life. Oleksandr, 93rd Brigade. Source: Serg Rizhenko Fb.

Source: Serhiy Ryzhenko FB

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