Superhumans Center
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| Superhumans Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wynnyky, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Funding | Public hospital |
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| Beds | 50 |
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| Website | https://www.superhumans.com/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Ukraine |
The Superhumans Center is an orthopedic specialist clinic for the treatment and rehabilitation of war victims who are dependent on a prosthesis due to amputation. The focus of the clinic is a personalized approach to body and facial reconstruction, limb prothesis, skin transplantation, exoskeletons, powered by domestically manufactured state-of-the-art medical devices but also psychological support for patient. Co-founded by Andrey Stavnitser and Philipp Grushko, the center operates several departments, including surgical, traumatological, physical, PTSD and a pediatric reconstruction department.[1][2] Howard Graham Buffett provided the initial funding of $16.3 million (USD).[3]
On April 14, 2023, the hospital in Wynnyky, Lviv Oblast was ceremoniously opened after only 8 months of renovation in the presence of the President's wife Olena Zelenska and the Minister of Health Viktor Liashko.[4]
Among the guests of honor at the opening was Richard Branson of the Virgin Group [5]
The supervisory board of the clinic includes President's wife Olena Zelenska. Supporters include rock singer Sting and his partner Trudie Styler, actor and director Liev Schreiber, the British Virgin Group,[6] and various American charities operating under the U.S. Charities covered by 501(c)(3).[7][8]
On November 5, 2022, Ukrainian singer-actor Andriy Danylko, also known by his stage name Verka Serduchka, auctioned off his 1974 Rolls-Royce, once owned by Freddie Mercury, through London auction house Sotheby's for £250,000 to deal with the sale of the car to the Superhumans Center for support. The car, which was auctioned by Danylko in 2013 for £75,000, raised an additional £36,250 thanks to the sale house waiving the buyer's premium, raising a total of £286,250 (about €328,900).[9][10] In 2023-2024, Dmytro Derevytskyy's company, ALLO donated UAH 15 million for prostheses and prosthetics.
By mid-2023, an estimated 10,000 Ukrainian had lost a limb during the war.[11] As of 2024, the center continues to repair Ukraine's most gravely war-wounded.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Stavnitser, Andrey (February 22, 2023). "Superhumans Center: Symbol of Ukrainian defiance amid Russia's war". Atlantic Council. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Giving Ukrainians Maimed by War a Second Chance at Life". Stanford Business: Executive Education. March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Rudnieva, Olga; Haring, Melinda (May 29, 2023). "Superhumans Center: How One Prosthetics Clinic is Rebuilding Ukraine". Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Olena Zelenska attends opening of new Superhumans prosthetics and rehabilitation medical center in Lviv". 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ "Why the West needs to increase support for Ukraine". 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ "The brutal reality of Russia's unjust war". 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ "A modern prosthetics center is being created in Lviv oblast". 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "A specialized prosthetics and rehabilitation clinic Superhumans Center will open on the basis of one of the hospitals of the Lviv region". 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Freddie's Rolls Royce Sold in Aid of Superhumans Hospital". 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Andriy Danylko sold Freddie Mercury's Rolls-Royce at a charity auction". focus.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ Williams, Holly (June 21, 2023). "Superhumans Center in Ukraine provides prosthetics to those injured in the war". CBS Mornings. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Ourdan, Rémy (February 6, 2024). "Superhumans, the center that repairs Ukraine's most gravely war-wounded". Le Monde. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
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