National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

The damaged buildings of childrens hospital and the damaged ambulance after the shelling.
At 10:42 am on Monday, July 8th 2024, russians launched a missile that hit the children hospital Ohmatdyt in Kyiv.
As a result of this attack, over 300 people were injured, including 8 children. Two adults died, one of them was a doctor-nephrologist.
There was another medical facility in Kyiv struck that day, killing 6 medical workers and 2 patients. In total, on July 8th only in Kyiv russians killed 33 civilians, 5 of them were children.

砲撃後、破損した小児病院の建物と破損した救急車。
2024年7月8日月曜日午前10時42分、ロシア軍はミサイルを発射し、キーウのOhmatdyt小児病院を攻撃した。
この攻撃により、8人の子どもを含む300人以上が負傷した。大人2人が死亡し、うち1人は腎臓内科専門医だった。
この日、キーウでは別の医療施設も襲撃され、医療従事者6人と患者2人が死亡した。7月8日にロシア人はキーウにおいて合計33人の市民を殺害し、そのうちの5人は子どもだった。

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

The destroyed building of Toxicology Intensive Care Unit after the direct shelling.
“We felt a powerful explosion. The ground shook, and the walls trembled. Both children and adults screamed and cried from fear, and the wounded from pain. It was real hell.
We went out into the yard and saw that a russian missile had struck the Toxicology intensive care unit and a therapy department for chronic intoxications. That part of the building was completely destroyed. The floors collapsed, and we could hear people crying out for help from beneath the rubble.”

砲撃の後、破壊された薬物中毒集中治療室（Toxicology Intensive Care Unit）の建物。
「強烈な爆発音を感じました。地面が揺れ、壁が震えた。子供も大人も恐怖で叫び、泣き、痛みに苦しんだ。まさに地獄でした。
庭に出てみると、ロシアのミサイルが薬物中毒集中治療室と慢性中毒治療部門を直撃していた。建物のその部分は完全に破壊されていました。床は崩れ落ち、瓦礫の下から助けを求める叫び声が聞こえてきました」。

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

　

Ohmatdyt means Protection of Mother and Child and it is Ukraine’s largest children’s medical center. Approximately 18,000 children receive planned treatment, 20,000 children get emergency care, and 13,000 surgeries are performed every year.
Besides providing all required treatment and rehabilitation for children of all age from all over Ukraine and abroad, this hospital specializes in management of blood cancer and other blood diseases that require bone marrow transplantation and related kinds of specialized treatment.

　

Ohmatdytは母子の保護という意味で、ウクライナ最大の小児医療センターである。毎年、約18,000人の子どもたちが治療を受け、20,000人の子どもたちが緊急治療を受け、13,000件の手術が行われている。
ウクライナ国内外から訪れるあらゆる年齢の子どもたちに必要なあらゆる治療とリハビリを提供するほか、この病院は血液がんや骨髄移植を必要とするその他の血液疾患の治療、および関連する各種の専門分野の治療を行っている。

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

　

At the time when air raid siren went off, three heart surgeries were in progress in the operating rooms. Pausing them would have threatened lives of the kids.
Doctors covered the babies with their body to protect from glass and debris. Luckily, all the kids that were undergoing the operations were saved and later evacuated to other hospitals to continue the surgery. The medical staff had multiple injuries but were alive.

空襲警報が鳴り響いたその時、手術室では3件の心臓手術が進行中だった。手術を中断すれば、子供たちの命は危険にさらされる。
医師たちは、ガラスや破片から赤ん坊を守るためにその体で覆いかぶさった。幸いなことに、手術を受けていた子供たちは全員助かり、後に他の病院に避難して手術を続けた。医療スタッフは多発外傷を負ったが、奇跡的に生きていた。

　

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

　

The hospital had to suspend medical services because of the damage caused by this direct russian attack.
In total 24 departments we,re damaged: 10 surgical departments, 5 oncology departments, 3 intensive care units, 2 operating blocks, 2 therapeutic departments, the radiology department, prenatal care department and the radiation therapy department.
The toxicology department and traumatology department have been completely destroyed.
The oncohematology laboratory, which is the only existing in Ukraine, was damaged too.

　

このロシアのミサイル攻撃による被害のため、病院は医療サービスを中断せざるを得なかった。
10の外科、5の腫瘍科、3の集中治療室、2の手術室、2の治療科、放射線科、出生前診療科、放射線治療科など、合計24の診療科が被害を受けた。
薬物中毒部門と外傷部門は完全に破壊された。
ウクライナで唯一現存する腫瘍血液学研究所も被害を受けた。

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

　

Afte the air raid siren went off, the hospital staff began evacuating patients to the bomb shelter.
At that time more than 627 patients and around the same number of medical staff were in the hospital.
A lot of children were receiving intravenous infusions, dialysis, mechanical ventilation, which make it hard to evacuate them to the bomb shelter immediately.

空襲警報のサイレンが鳴った後、病院職員は患者を防空壕に避難させ始めた。
当時、病院には627人以上の患者と、ほぼ同数の職員がいた。
点滴、人工透析、人工呼吸を受けている子供も多く、すぐに防空壕に避難させるのは困難だった。

　

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

8 kids were severely injured because of the shelling of the hospital.
They received all necessary first aid and were transported to other medical facilities as soon as possible.
Two days later a small boy died in the ICU due to the injuries that he received during Ohmatdyt shelling.
Besides injuries from glass and debris, sick children received severe traumatic stress from this attack and they will require a long psychological rehabilitation as well.

病院へのミサイル攻撃により、8人の子供たちが重傷を負った。
子供たちは必要な応急処置を受け、できるだけ早く他の医療施設に搬送された。
その2日後、小さな男の子が、Ohmatdytへのミサイル攻撃により負った傷のため、ICUで死亡した。
ガラスや破片による負傷に加え、病気の子供たちはこの攻撃によって深刻な心的外傷ストレスも負っており、長い精神的リハビリが必要である。

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

　

After the explosion all medical staff, who were not involved in the evacuation of children, rushed to help remove the debris and rubbles in attempt to save people underneath the destroyed building.
Oleh Golubchenko, pediatric maxillofacial surgeon, was injured in the operation room during the shelling. Despite his injuries, he came to help save the injured from the ruined toxicology department.
Moreover, a lot of civilian volunteers came from all over the city to help evacuate injured kids and their parents. People were bringing food and water as well as hygiene and medical supplies, clothes and toys.

　

ロシアのミサイルによる爆撃後、子どもたちの避難に携わっていない医療スタッフ全員が、破壊された建物の下に残された負傷者を救おうと、瓦礫の撤去に駆けつけた。
小児顎顔面外科専門医のOleh Golubchenkoは、砲撃の際に手術室で負傷した。彼自身も負傷していたにもかかわらず、彼は廃墟と化した薬物中毒治療部門から負傷者を救うためにやってきた。
さらに、負傷した子供とその両親を避難させるために、多くの市民ボランティアが市内各地から集まった。人々は食料や水だけでなく、衛生用品や医療品、衣服やおもちゃも持ち寄った。

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

After the end of air raid siren all the kids were examined and received necessary medical help.
465 little patients who came for planned treatment were assessed and discharged home. 94 patients were evacuated to other hospitals, 8 of them were injured during the shelling.
Unfortunately, it took some time to organize evacuation as it was not safe to leave the bomb shelter and enter the explosion area as well as it was impossible for the ambulances to get to the hospital due to the debris and rubbles.

空襲警報のサイレンが鳴り終わると、すべての子供たちが診察を受け、必要な治療を受けた。
受診予約をして来院していた465人の小児患者は診察を受け、自宅へ戻っていった。94人の患者が他の病院に避難したが、そのうちの8人は砲撃で負傷していた。
残念なことに、防空壕を出て爆心地に入るのは危険であったことと、爆撃によって生じた瓦礫のために救急車が病院に到着できなかったことから、避難の手配に時間がかかった。

National Children’s Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv.
July 8th, 2024.
Photo provided by OHMATDYT press office

　

The strike will have long-lasting effects on kids’ health and life.
It is unknown how big will be the impact of non-sterile conditions in bomb shelter and evacuation to the new medical facility on treatment and prognosis of sick kids, especially those with oncohematology diseases.
Patients will face a shortage of medical care, and unfortunately, specialized medical services with high-tech equipment won’t be restored soon. A lot of kids will have their treatment delayed because of this and it will influence their health.

　

この攻撃は、子供たちの健康と生活に長く影響する。
防空壕の非無菌状態や新しい医療施設への避難が、病気の子供たち、特に腫瘍性血液疾患の子供たちの治療や予後にどれほどの影響を及ぼすかは未知数である。
患者は医療の供給不足に直面するだろうし、残念ながら、高度な機器を備えた専門医療サービスはすぐには復旧しないだろう。このため、多くの子供たちの治療が遅れ、健康に影響を及ぼすことになるだろう。