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((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Ukraine Child Survivor – Oshchudlyak
HEADLINE: Lviv Hospital Treating Children Wounded in War
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PUBLISHED: 07/xx/2023 at
BYLINE: Omelyan Oshchudlyak
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DATELINE: Lviv, Ukraine
VIDEOGRAPHER: Yuriy Dankevych
VIDEO EDITOR: Yuriy Dankevych
SCRIPT EDITORS: KEnochs, Mia Bush
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA (Story Hunter)
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[[Since the start of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, 60,000 Ukrainian children have been treated at the First Medical Union in Lviv located at St. Nicholas Children's Hospital. Omelyan Oshchudlyak has the story.]]
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((Mandatory courtesy: Lviv First Medical Union))
((NATS)) ((Veronica tries to move hand))
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This video was shot in the summer of 2022: despite intense pain, 9-year-old Veronica is trying to move her hand. Her physical therapist Serhiy Khuda is helping.
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((Serhiy Khuda, Physical Therapist)) ((UKR))
“She stayed with her relatives in a bomb shelter; the whole family, nine people. Witnesses say a tank shell hit the shelter.”
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((Mandatory courtesy: Donetsk Regional State Administration + YouTube Logo))
The shelling happened in April 2022 in Vuhledar, a town in the Donbas region.
Veronica’s family was hiding from explosions in the basement of an apartment building. There were nine of them.
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Her grandparents were shielding her during the attack. Her parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles all died, Veronica was the only one to have survived.
((Veronica Kulykova, Vuhledar Resident)) ((UKR))
“Grandma Nina was there. Papa Anton, too. I don't remember my mom. Aunt Anya was there, and Uncle Oleh. Or maybe it wasn’t Oleh?”
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((Mandatory courtesy: Lviv First Medical Union))
Veronica was brought to the hospital in critical condition, with shell fragments in her head and neck. She spent several months at St. Nicholas Children's Hospital of the First Medical Union in Lviv, re-learning to walk, hold objects and smile.
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The First Medical Union of Lviv – an umbrella medical association made up of a number of hospitals – has become the largest medical hub in Ukraine`s rear. Since the war began, they have opened a rehabilitation center called "Unbroken" and a department for pediatric rehabilitation.
((Mandatory courtesy: Lviv First Medical Union))
One of Veronica’s nurses, Snizhana Shmyheliuk, remembers the traumatized little girl.
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((Snizhana Shmyheliuk, Nurse)) ((UKR))
“When we came in every morning, before we even changed, she was waiting for us. When we left, she cried. Knowing she had nowhere to return, it was hard to tell her we were going home.”
((NATS)) ((Veronica runs and hugs nurses))
((NARRATION))
A year after her treatment and recovery, Veronica still comes to the hospital to visit the people who saved her.
((NATS)) ((Making group photo))
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Today, she lives at a foster home and attends school. A year ago, it was hard for her to imagine she would be living a reasonably normal life.
((Veronica Kulykova, Vuhledar Resident)) ((UKR))
“I know many people here. Friends of mine. Today is the best day for me!”
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((Mandatory courtesy: Lviv First Medical Union))
Veronica is one of the 350 severely wounded children who have been saved by Lviv doctors since
Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Physical therapist Khuda remembers them all.
((Serhiy Khuda, Physical Therapist)) ((UKR))
I never forget – they all have become a part of our lives.”
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Igor Koshivka, deputy director for rehabilitation, says the First Medical Union also is trying to raise $950,000 to purchase equipment.
((Igor Koshivka, First Medical Union in Lviv)) ((UKR))
“Previously, we were providing rehabilitation to 600 patients a year, now – thanks to this expansion – we are helping some 1,200 patients.”
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((Mandatory courtesy: Lviv First Medical Union))
According to UNICEF, more than 1,000 Ukrainian children have been injured, and 525 killed, since Russia began its invasion in February 2022.
((Omelyan Oshchudlyak,
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for VOA News, Lviv, Ukraine))
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