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Maryna, 6 years old is the first child with amputation due to
a military injury who received a prosthesis in Ukraine.
Early In May, the girl was injured: her house was hit by a missile, causing severe injuries to the child's legs. At the hospital In Kryvyi Rih, her leg was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2/ The hospital team became second family to Maryna
When the girl entered Ohmatdyt hospital, she meet a physical therapist that helped her to prepare her body to receive a prosthesis.
3/ A psychologist has been working with Marina and her family in the hospital since the first day. Ensuring emotional peace and positive emotions are the key to successful treatment. Marina and a psychologist happily engage in art therapy: they draw, sculpt, carve, create beauty.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
4/ Marina became the first child to receive prosthetics in Ukraine. Her parents wanted to get their daughter prosthetics in the Motherland, in order to avoid complicated flights and to have the possibility of constant help from a rehabilitation specialist and prosthetist
5/ Prosthesis for the girl was made in Kyiv at Ortotech-Service. Prosthetist Oleksandr Stetsenko says that this is the first prosthesis he made for a child. Children's prosthetics is much more complicated than adult prosthetics, because children are constantly growing and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
5/ Now the girl's prosthesis has been improved and made cosmetically similar to a real leg. This will help Marina overcome her psychological fear and socialize among her peers. The hospital team continues to work with Marina and her family.
6/ To follow or to contact Ohmatdyt hospital: instagram.com/ohmatdyt?igshi…
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