Ukrainians Taught About Artificial Limbs in Germany to Help War Wounded usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Andreas Buerger and Riham Alkousaa DUDERSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - Denys Kryvenko was among Ukrainian soldiers retreating from the eastern city of Bakhmut in October when Russian shells hit. The 24-year-old woke up in hospital with a missing arm and leg: glad to be alive but unsure if he would ever walk again. Months later in the German town of Duderstadt, Kryvenko made his first steps again, with an artificial leg made by Ottobock, a company founded in 1919 to help wounded World War One veterans. It is difficult to learn to walk from scratch. But the most important thing is not to give up, said Kryvenko, whose first goal is to walk without the support of bars. Ottobock specialists are using cases like his to train Ukrainian technicians on constructing limbs and using their products for victims of the war that has left thousands with fractures, amputations and spinal cord injuries. We are here to get experience that we will need to help those people in the future, said Hryhorii Hrym
Ukraine Needs More Prosthetics Clinicians as War Toll Mounts usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.