We visited Lutsk Municipal Clinical Hospital. LDS Charities provided an arthroscopic
stand for the traumatological department of the district hospital in Lutsk,
Ukraine.
The head of the trauma
department, Kurovets Taras Ivanovich, said: “To be honest, I didn’t believe
until recently that this was possible. Yes, we receive help from charitable
organizations, and it is several times less than what we received from The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This equipment will help the
clinic to carry out a number of surgical interventions that were not available
due to the fact that the equipment in the clinic is technically outdated.
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The Blau's are standing next to the machine.
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The surgeon's used to use rope for drainage during the surgeries, however, with this new machine they won't have to rig up the rope.
Just to add to the amount of surgeries they do:
Only last weekend:
102 patients applied to the hospital...74 hospitalized, 28 outpatients, and 26 specialists were required.
66 injured people applied to the trauma center, 10 of them with
fractures. 5 patients were in a state of intoxication, 2 were bitten by
animals. In the operating room, surgeons performed 30 surgeries
Lutsk is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine.
Lubart's Castle--the most prominent landmark in Lutsk began in the mid 14th century. Named after Gediminas' (Grand Duke of Lithuania)son Liubartas (Lubart) who was the last ruler of united Galicia-Volhynia (known as Kingdom of Ruthinia)
The castle also appears on the 200 hrynia bill.
The walls of the castle formerly enclosed St. John's Cathedral, a palace of the grand dukes, and an episcopal palace. Of these, only the Neoclassical palace of the bishops still stands.
On 2 July 1941 1,160 Jews were murdered within the walls of the castle. There is no monument or marker for this tragedy in the castle.
200 hyrnia is about $7.50 as of November 2021
