The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has damaged Ukraine’s health care system. Logistics are under strain, cities are being shelled, doctors are joining the army. Patients cannot reach cardiac surgery centers in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and some other cities.

The Center of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery at Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital remains the only place where about 15-20 million Ukrainians can receive the whole scope of highly specialized treatment of heart diseases. It is the biggest regional cardiac surgery center, performing 3,000 surgeries annually, 600 of which are complex open-heart surgeries. 

The influx of refugees from the directly war-affected regions is already putting additional pressure on its facilities. Some of the Center’s equipment needs to be replaced, which is made almost impossible by the war.

The Cardiac Surgery Department urgently needs additional funds to secure a steady supply of medical equipment and surgery consumables to meet the increased demand for high-quality medical care.

All the money raised here will be transferred to the “Dar Sertsia” (“Gift of the Heart”) charity foundation that helps fund the department.

For additional details, please reach the Head of Cardiac Surgery Department, Dr Vitaliy Averchuk, at v.averchuk@gmail.com and +380503704928, and Prof Lubomyr Kulyk, Chairman of Lviv Center of Cardiac Surgery, at lubkul@mail.lviv.ua and +380506905860.