
Share
16th March 2022
01:50pm GMT

“Then I went unconscious. Someone carried me down to the cellar. There, I received some treatment. Then some people carried me to the hospital on a towel."
Dr. Vladislav Gorbovec, a surgeon at the Central Hospital in Irpin, was forced to amputate Sasha’s arm after he discovered that it had developed gangrene.
One of the volunteers who assisted in taking Sasha to the hospital, Dr. Gennadiy Druzenko of the First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, said the family had been hiding in the cellar for two days and the girl had been slipping in and out of consciousness as the infection in her wound grew.
"She was badly injured, lost consciousness, and became delirious," he said.
“Russian soldiers tried to break into the cellar. They shot at the door and screamed at the people to come out. Finally, the girl was brought to the hospital by civilians waving a white flag as they ran through the battle zone.”
He added that several other children have suffered similar injuries as the war rages on.
Doctors described Sasha as brave, as she never cried and thanked all those who were helping her.
Following the ordeal, she asked for a pink artificial arm designed with flowers.