In 47 years in surgery, I have seen a lot. We have had patients with stab wounds, gunshot wounds, and patients after car accidents.

But the medicine of war is completely different. After the shelling of the coast of Sergiyivka and Zatoka, ambulances arrived one after another, there were up to 30 people. We worked in three operating rooms at the same time. Small injuries were simply sewn up in dressing rooms.

He and his mother were on the eighth or ninth floor when the bomb flew into their house. The child had wounds all over his body and an open fracture of the shoulder. Shards of glass got into the neck and cut the carotid artery. He could have died from blood loss, it was almost gone. According to the norm of erythrocytes up to five - he had a million! We transfused him with more than a liter of blood, brought him out of a state of shock. Fortunately, we managed to save him.

There were many fragments in the body, wounds, open fractures of the hip, lower leg, and arm. This is only shown in horror films. We saved her life, brought her out of a state of shock. But it was not possible to completely save the leg, it had to be amputated. It was very scary.

This is not peacetime medicine, this is war medicine. Decisions must be made quickly, the lives of the victims depend on it. Fortunately, our hospital has everything to save patients. We are ready to help at any time.