As the Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupts routine medical care in much of the country, the Bambino Gesù hospital has stepped into the breach to assist children in need of treatment.
Around 50 children have arrived from Ukraine to the Pope’s hospital—19 of whom are hospitalized—to receive quality care.
Pope Francis visited the group of Ukrainian children, along with all other patients in the Vatican’s pediatric hospital, on Saturday afternoon, according to the Holy See Press Office.
The children are receiving treatment for various pathologies, including in the oncology and neurology departments.
Dr. Mario Zama, head of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Bambino Gesù, shared:
These are children who have endured absurd traumas. There is a little girl who was fleeing with her father and little brother in the car, and was hit by bullets. Her little brother died in her arms, and she herself was struck in the head…
We all hope that the words of the Holy Father, who called for an end to this massacre, will actually be heard. My fear is that more of these children will arrive, and more will die. It is difficult then to go back home and to look at your own children; these situations mark you for life.
Children are assisted by psychiatrists, and everyone around them tries to help them play. At the beginning they were unable to speak, but now they are starting to talk, smile, draw, and play; in short, they are returning to some sort of “normality”.
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