Doctors from the Khmelnitsky City Hospital saved a 1 year 9 month old boy who fell from the sixth floor. This incident occurred on April 29, 2026, the child’s condition is currently stable, the prognosis for recovery is favorable. After the fall, the child was found to have fractures of the bones of the hand and foot, but there were no life-threatening injuries. This was reported by Suspilna Khmelnitsky.

In the Khmelnitsky hospital, doctors saved a child who fell from the sixth floor. The incident occurred on April 29 this year. As a result of the fall, the boy received displaced fractures of the bones of the hand and several bones of the foot, but despite this, no life-threatening injuries were recorded. An ambulance took the victim to the hospital, the boy was conscious.

Vitaly Odarchuk, a pediatric orthopedist-traumatologist and head of the trauma center of the Khmelnitsky City Hospital, spoke about how the child was saved.. “First of all, we were surprised that the child was brought, he was even still crying, he was conscious. At the first examination, several serious injuries were not found, the doctor said. – After hospitalization, the child was immediately taken to the intensive care unit, where a multidisciplinary team of doctors was involved in his care. Thanks to quick and well-coordinated work, serious consequences were avoided and the child’s life was saved.

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Vitaly Odarchuk reported that the boy’s recovery was rapid, and already in the second week of treatment the child demonstrated high motor activity. The boy's condition is currently stable and the prognosis for recovery is favorable.. The doctor explained that injuries from falling from such a height are considered high-energy (that is, injuries caused by exposure to extremely large mechanical, kinetic or thermal forces. – Ed.

“This injury is very, very high-energy and leads to damage to many organs and systems,” noted Vitaly Odarchuk.