Children's Hope: helping children with burns. Analyzer

In the spring of 2023, Kyivstar, together with the charity platform dobro.ua from the Ukrainian Philanthropic Marketplace, joined forces with the National Rehabilitation Center "Unbreakable" and expanded the Children's Hope charity program to include a new area - helping children with burns.

This initiative arose as a result of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

According to statistics, 12,000 children in Ukraine suffer burns every year, and 25-40 of them die as a result of life-threatening burns. And because of the war, this number is growing every day.

Burn injuries rank second among childhood injuries and are among the most difficult to treat. Currently, Ukraine is forced to send the most seriously burned children abroad due to the lack of sterile conditions and sufficient medical equipment.

To fix this and create the conditions for full treatment of children at home, in Ukraine, Kyivstar has launched a charity initiative and is investing UAH 10 million to purchase specialized medical equipment for the children's burn unit of the National Rehabilitation Center "Unbreakable" at the First Medical Unit of Lviv.

From the first days of its full-scale operation, the hospital has become one of the main shelters for children affected by the war. The medical facility has received more than 3,000 children fleeing the war, including 250 with mine-blast injuries and burns from all over Ukraine.

The funds will be used to purchase an Analyzer with consumables.

In particular, it includes:

• RapidPoint 500e (RP500e) analyzer for blood gas, electrolytes, metabolites and CO-oximetric parameters.
• RP500 Measurement cartridge 750 TESTS - 6
• RAPIDPoint 400/405/500 Wash/Waste Cartridge 18 pieces

This equipment provides fast, accurate and comprehensive test results in about 60 seconds, which helps doctors to quickly and accurately diagnose and prescribe treatment. All other Children's Hope projects and news can be found here.