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20 WWW. UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЖОВТЕНЬ 2012 Ihor’s Story A Ukrainian Orphan Treated for Severe Burns at Shriners Hospital in Boston by Ulana Zinych Recently , two articles appeared in the Boston press that told a heartrending story of a young life waiting to be transformed by caring human beings: physicians, nurses, and other c a- regivers at Shriners Hospital in Boston. I applaud the two writers, Lindsey Anderson from AP and Lisa Hughes, WBZ - TV, who brought us this mo v- ing story. There are three main characters and many unsung heroes in the story — members of Dr. Ge n- nadiy Fuzaylov ’s and Dr. Daniel Driscoll's no n- profit organization, Doctors Collaborating to Help Children (started in 2010), and staff at Shriners Hospital where these physicians practice and do their magic. Dr. Fuzaylov is an anesthesiologist who received his medical degree from Samarkand State Medical Institute in Uzbe kistan in the fo r- mer Soviet Union. This background enables him to better understand the situation in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. He came to the United States as a refugee to continue his medical training and at that time had to depend on the goodwill of others. He never forgot it. His motto, which I came across while researching the work of this physician, is: “If you can make a difference in the life of another person, it’s something big.” He certainly manages to live by his motto. Dr. D riscoll is a plastic surgeon who earned his medical degree from Brown University and completed his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, serving as Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery. He completed a Burn Reconstruction Fellowship at Sh riners Hospital for Children in Boston and remains there as an integral part of a team of physicians who travel to underdeveloped countries each year to provide care to burned children in need. This year both physicians, along with a much larger convoy o f volunteers from Doctors Collaborating to Help Children , have gone to Lviv, Ukraine, to perform surgeries and to teach their counterparts the newest techniques related to burn surgery. I t is important to mention another orga n- ization, known for its gene rous support to Ukra i- nian pediatric burn victims. This is the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. The U N- WLA initially took it upon itself to provide aid to the pediatric Burn Care Unit in Lviv’s Hospital # 8. It successfully provided the unit with a nu m- ber of needed items, such as an autoclave and a new surgical table. At that time we worked direc t- ly with Dr. Vasyl Savchyn, Director of the Burn Care Unit — a caring, dedicated, and talented surgeon whose love for his patients is evident in anything an d everything he does. Shortly thereafter t he UNWLA was intr o- duced to Dr. Fuzaylov, who had amassed a great deal of experience in dealing with burn centers throughout many developing countries, including Ukraine. Soon after the meeting, the UNWLA E x- ecutive Board made the decision to partner with Drs. Fuzaylov and Driscoll and their not - for - profit organization. With their active participation, the U N- WLA funded the first East European Shriners Clinic which was held in Lviv in September of 2011. The pa rticipating physicians from Shriners were able to perform much - needed surgery on selected pediatric patients and provide updated surgical information. The clinic was very succes s- ful and will be repeated, starting on September 15, 2012. Four visiting physic ians and two nurses are scheduled to perform 22 surgeries and to hold a conference with 25 Ukrainian physicians in a t- tendance. With the help of Dr. Fuzaylov, the U N- WLA was able to plan and ultimately fund a Learning/Telemedicine Center at Hospital #8. It proudly carries the name of the late Mary Beck, an UNWLA activist whose bequest provided much of the funding for the Center. Another example of cooperation between the UNWLA and Dr. Fuzaylov resulted in a gift of approximately $40,000 of sorely needed eq ui p- ment to Hospital #8. This was the end product of the initiative of Dr. Fuzaylov. An International Rotary Club's matching grant initiated by him was obtained, to which the UNWLA contributed $6,000, allowing this grant to come to fruition. Drs. Driscoll and Fuzaylov have paved the way for more access for the UNWLA to Shriners Hospital in Boston. As soon as a child from Ukraine enters the hospital, and often prior to that, during the planning stages, Dr. Fuzaylov n o- tifies the UNWLA through its President, M aria n- na Zajac, and the wheels of cooperation start rol l-
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