Sasha spent his eight months in hospitals. Heavy births led to a serious heart disease in a boy. From the first days the baby took medication. But the therapy was useless.

"At the time of birth, we were diagnosed with open arterial ducts. When they found out, of course, they were very upset, I cried for a long time, "says Ella Domalevskaya, Sasha's mom.

Already three days after the birth of the baby was taken for observation by cardiologists. But congenital malformation increased in size.

A hole with a diameter of three and a half millimeters in his tiny heart doctors tried to close with medication. But it's useless.

About putting your baby under the surgeon's scalpel, parents did not even want to think. But to postpone the treatment was impossible.

Save Sasha could only occluder - a device that without consequences for the body closes heart defects. Only it costs not cheap. A family from Donetsk region can not find such money.

"I learned about Rinat Akhmetov's Staff, then I looked at a few stories related to our diagnosis, how the kids help," added the boy's mom.

Humanitarian headquarters after a call to the hotline in a few days provided the baby with the necessary equipment. Operation was successfully completed.

"During the work of the project" Healthy Heart "Rinat Akhmetov's Staff has already saved 12 children's lives. Little Sasha and other operated children will be able to fully live. In the focus of the work of Rinat Akhmetov's Staff, there have always been and continue to be children's lives. We continue to provide assistance to children with heart disease in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkov regions, "said Vladislav Denisenko, manager of the" Directed help "department of the Humanitarian Staff.

Parents of the operated child say that they will long remember this happy ending of this story.

"When my child grows up, I'll tell him who Rinat Leonidovich is and what role he played in his life. Because such people need just to bless. It's good that there are people who helped, "- added the mother of the child.

How to get help for the "Healthy Heart" project:.

What kind of help is provided?.

Endovascular treatment of heart defects using an occluder.

At what diseases is help provided?.

Open arterial duct;.

Secondary atrial septal defect.

Who can get help?.

Children from 0 to 18 years who live in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov and Zaporozhye Regions, and belong to the following socially-unprotected categories:.

How to apply?.

Applications for targeted medical assistance can be submitted to the Humanitarian Headquarters hotline 0-800-509-001.

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