Service personnel who have sustained injuries and amputations are undergoing comprehensive pre‑prosthetic and post‑prosthetic rehabilitation in Lviv, as well as receiving free prosthetics at the modern Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Clinic of the Danylo Halytskyi LNMU University Hospital.
The medical facility emphasises that, before fitting a prosthesis, every patient is examined in detail, with the condition of the stump and the body’s overall readiness for prosthetics carefully assessed. Throughout the entire period of treatment and recovery, patients remain under the constant supervision of specialists.
Among those currently recovering at the clinic is Serhii Tsymbal from Kyiv, who suffered a severe injury this spring after stepping on a mine while on a combat mission. Because of the extent of the damage, his limb could not be saved, and he is now undergoing pre‑prosthetic preparation. Another patient, 39‑year‑old Volodymyr Ananchyk from Sheptytskyi, has a high-level amputation. In June, he was delivering supplies to his comrades on a quad bike when he was hit by an enemy FPV drone.
“I spent 28 hours with a tourniquet on, because it was impossible to evacuate from that location. But they saved me! Now I really want to be able to stand firmly without crutches and get back to work as soon as possible. The main thing is to learn everything from scratch, and then you can live on!” Volodymyr shares.
The prosthetic process at the University Hospital consists of several stages. Preparation for fitting a prosthesis starts in advance. Precise measurements are taken from the patient using a special 3D scanner. A temporary socket is then printed on a 3D printer, and later a permanent prosthesis is manufactured in the hospital’s own prosthetics workshop. All these services are free of charge for service personnel.
Doctors stress that the work does not end there: once the prosthesis has been fitted, the adaptation phase begins. Patients are taught to move with their new limb, carry out everyday tasks and take care of themselves independently. Some of the defenders return to the clinic later to master additional skills, including running and using specialised running prostheses.
The hospital is calling on service personnel and their families who require prosthetics or rehabilitation to contact the medical facility’s call centre or complete the online appointment form, the link to which is available on the official resources of the University Hospital.