• About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact
Monday, July 4, 2022
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Frontier Times | Latest Global Coverage
  • Home
    • Home – Layout 1
    • Home – Layout 2
    • Home – Layout 3
    • Home – Layout 4
    • Home – Layout 5
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science
  • Tech
    Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since 2021 peak – National

    EU hammering out cryptocurrency regulations that could set global standard – National

    Roe v. Wade overturn: Can data be used to crack down on abortions? – National

    Roe v. Wade overturn: Can data be used to crack down on abortions? – National

    Kyle Rittenhouse announces video game about shooting ‘fake news turkeys’ – National

    Kyle Rittenhouse announces video game about shooting ‘fake news turkeys’ – National

    Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic the voice of your dead loved ones – National

    Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic the voice of your dead loved ones – National

    YouTube might be asked to manipulate algorithms under online streaming bill: CRTC chair – National

    YouTube might be asked to manipulate algorithms under online streaming bill: CRTC chair – National

    Instagram testing new tools to verify user age – National

    Instagram testing new tools to verify user age – National

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Sports
    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Jays drop five-game set to Tampa 3-2

    R. Kelly remains on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ feds say – National

    R. Kelly remains on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ feds say – National

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Jays coach Budzinski leaves team following daughter’s death

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Blue Jays mourn death of coach’s daughter

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Toronto Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday

    Paredes, Franco lift Rays over Blue Jays 6-2

    Paredes, Franco lift Rays over Blue Jays 6-2

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Jays RH Gausman leaves game after being hit on foot by liner

    Gausman pulled from Jays game with injured ankle

    Gausman pulled from Jays game with injured ankle

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Rays try to stop road skid, take on the Blue Jays

  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Health
    Nahar state of the art medical and diagnostic center, mumbai Is the first medical facility in india to accept BitcoinCash.

    Nahar state of the art medical and diagnostic center, mumbai Is the first medical facility in india to accept BitcoinCash.

    These young entrepreneurs have established that age is just a number

    These young entrepreneurs have established that age is just a number

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
  • Home
    • Home – Layout 1
    • Home – Layout 2
    • Home – Layout 3
    • Home – Layout 4
    • Home – Layout 5
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science
  • Tech
    Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since 2021 peak – National

    EU hammering out cryptocurrency regulations that could set global standard – National

    Roe v. Wade overturn: Can data be used to crack down on abortions? – National

    Roe v. Wade overturn: Can data be used to crack down on abortions? – National

    Kyle Rittenhouse announces video game about shooting ‘fake news turkeys’ – National

    Kyle Rittenhouse announces video game about shooting ‘fake news turkeys’ – National

    Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic the voice of your dead loved ones – National

    Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic the voice of your dead loved ones – National

    YouTube might be asked to manipulate algorithms under online streaming bill: CRTC chair – National

    YouTube might be asked to manipulate algorithms under online streaming bill: CRTC chair – National

    Instagram testing new tools to verify user age – National

    Instagram testing new tools to verify user age – National

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Sports
    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Jays drop five-game set to Tampa 3-2

    R. Kelly remains on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ feds say – National

    R. Kelly remains on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ feds say – National

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Jays coach Budzinski leaves team following daughter’s death

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Blue Jays mourn death of coach’s daughter

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Toronto Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday

    Paredes, Franco lift Rays over Blue Jays 6-2

    Paredes, Franco lift Rays over Blue Jays 6-2

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Jays RH Gausman leaves game after being hit on foot by liner

    Gausman pulled from Jays game with injured ankle

    Gausman pulled from Jays game with injured ankle

    Rays aim to stop slide in game against the Blue Jays

    Rays try to stop road skid, take on the Blue Jays

  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Health
    Nahar state of the art medical and diagnostic center, mumbai Is the first medical facility in india to accept BitcoinCash.

    Nahar state of the art medical and diagnostic center, mumbai Is the first medical facility in india to accept BitcoinCash.

    These young entrepreneurs have established that age is just a number

    These young entrepreneurs have established that age is just a number

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
No Result
View All Result
The Frontier Times | Latest Global Coverage
No Result
View All Result
Home Uncategorized

Ukraine Medics Gird for Surge in Amputees

by The Frontier Times
June 1, 2022
in Uncategorized
0
Ukraine Medics Gird for Surge in Amputees
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


LVIV, Ukraine — Vladislav Tkachenko grimaced, gripping a wooden balance rail and edging forward carefully. Then he lost his balance, and his metal leg, fitted with his old combat boot, hit the ground. Undeterred, he got back up and pushed forward, staring determinedly at his reflection in the mirror.

“In his mind, he is already back there, with his comrades,” said Victoria Oliikh, a prosthetics specialist, hovering behind him. She is helping fit Mr. Tkachenko, 23, with a limb he hopes will carry him back to the battlefield.

Mr. Tkachenko lost his left leg on the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when an artillery shell blew it off and tore into his right thigh, leaving a web of dark red scars. He is among the first in what Ukrainian doctors fear could become a devastating surge of amputations as Ukrainian forces push to regain territory and the fighting in the east intensifies.

That expectation has sparked an international effort to shore up Ukraine’s supply of prosthetic limbs. But Narander Parashar, owner of a Kyiv-based prosthetics company, is worried. “There are already hundreds. The numbers are frightening,” he said, referring to the number of Ukrainian soldiers who have lost limbs.

“We are about to lose a lot more lives and limbs.”

Mr. Parashar, who came to Ukraine from India in the 1990s, studied computer science before starting a prosthetics import business. Dissatisfied by the quality of imports from China and eager to hone his craft, he began to disassemble and reassemble state-of-the-art German and Japanese artificial limbs. These days, he not only provides sockets for limbs made abroad, he also makes his own components in a factory in Kyiv, including hydraulic knees.

Ukrainians have gained expertise in the science and art of prosthetics out of necessity. After Russia seized the Crimean peninsula in 2014, and war injuries multiplied, the conflict spurred many to seek training at top institutions around the world.

But producing prosthetic limbs, an intricate and high-tech endeavor, is expensive. The Ukrainian government, which funds health care in the country, has struggled to keep up with the costs. As a result, some prosthetics manufacturers have gone bankrupt. Others like Mr. Parashar’s company are still waiting for payments.

Nevertheless, Mr. Parashar said he is expanding production at his factory in Kyiv, moving to double and triple shifts.

International volunteers are also helping to fill the gap.

Antonina Kumka, a Ukrainian-born Canadian, founded the Ukraine Prosthetic Assistance Project after the conflict in Crimea began in 2014. Supported by the U.S. charity Prosthetika, she is connecting Ukrainian doctors via videoconference with specialists around the world. She is also encouraging prosthetics manufacturers abroad to make donations.

“We don’t want funding to send patients abroad — we need them to donate components,” she said. “The specialists in Ukraine can do it here. It costs less and it is better for the patient.”

Russia-Ukraine War: Key Developments


Card 1 of 4

On the ground. Fighting raged in Sievierodonetsk, the last city in the Luhansk region to remain outside Russian control since the war efforts shifted to the east of the country. Though most of the city’s civilian population has fled in the past few weeks, 12,000 people, many of them elderly, are said to be trapped there in appalling conditions.

Russian oil embargo. European Union members finally reached an agreement on a Russian oil embargo and new sanctions against Russia. The long-delayed deal effectively exempts Hungary, which had opposed the embargo, from the costly step the rest of the bloc is taking to punish Russia.

Second war crime trial. A Ukrainian court sentenced two Russian soldiers to 11 and a half years in prison for shelling a town in the country’s northeast during the war. It was the second guilty verdict handed down by Ukrainian courts for war crimes since the invasion began.

But many patients, including Mr. Tkachenko, remain wary of Ukrainian prosthetics. He worries that local doctors are moving slowly to finish his prosthetic limb because they are helping him for free.

“I thought I would come here, and then one to two months later I would rejoin the fight,” he said. “But I see now it’s going to be a long process.”

Ms. Oliikh has tried to explain to him the need to be patient, that his body needs time to heal. The area where a limb was amputated changes shape and size in the months following a traumatic injury, a process that she said she has to let finish naturally.

Hoping to encourage him, Ms. Oliikh handed him a Parashar hydraulic knee for him to inspect. It would be added to his metal leg, she said, once his walking steadies. He poked and prodded it.

The type of knee did not matter, he said, as long as it helps him achieve his goal: “getting back to my brothers and fighting.”



Source link

The Frontier Times

The Frontier Times

Related Posts

Chosen Families – The New York Times

Chosen Families – The New York Times

by The Frontier Times
July 4, 2022
0

Today, as we observe the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S., I’m thinking about the permutations of family, the...

Chosen Families – The New York Times

Chosen Families – The New York Times

by The Frontier Times
July 4, 2022
0

Today, as we observe the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S., I’m thinking about the permutations of family, the...

Nazi Tapes Provide a Chilling Sequel to the Eichmann Trial

Nazi Tapes Provide a Chilling Sequel to the Eichmann Trial

by The Frontier Times
July 4, 2022
0

TEL AVIV — Six decades after the historic trial in Jerusalem of Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief engineers of...

A Refreshing Look at Egypt’s Ancient Pyramids

A Refreshing Look at Egypt’s Ancient Pyramids

by The Frontier Times
July 4, 2022
0

“Yallah, yallah, yallah! Woooo!”I was visiting the pyramids of Giza, Egypt, in the company of Mark Lehner, a renowned Egyptologist,...

Updated Covid Shots Are Coming. Will They Be Too Late?

Updated Covid Shots Are Coming. Will They Be Too Late?

by The Frontier Times
July 4, 2022
0

Roseann Renouf, 77, has grown tired of the current generation of coronavirus shots. Having “never been one for a lot...

Copenhagen Mall Shooting: Police See No Terrorism Motive

Copenhagen Mall Shooting: Police See No Terrorism Motive

by The Frontier Times
July 4, 2022
0

COPENHAGEN — The man accused of fatally shooting three people at a mall in Copenhagen this weekend did not have...

Next Post
Sex Pistols aim to give queen’s jubilee a touch of punk

Sex Pistols aim to give queen's jubilee a touch of punk

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recommended

Cooler weather helps Spain with fires; rain helps in Germany

Cooler weather helps Spain with fires; rain helps in Germany

2 weeks ago
Police Arrest More Than 3,000 People As Protests Grow Across Russia

Russian Police Arrest Antiwar Protesters

4 months ago

Popular News

    Connect with us

    Newsletter

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor.
    SUBSCRIBE

    Category

    • Entertainment
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • Tech
    • Uncategorized
    • World

    Site Links

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org

    About Us

    We bring you the best Premium WordPress Themes that perfect for news, magazine, personal blog, etc. Check our landing page for details.

    • About
    • Advertise
    • Careers
    • Contact

    © 2022 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • Home
    • Politics
    • World
    • Business
    • Science
    • National
    • Entertainment
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Sports
    • Fashion
    • Lifestyle
    • Travel
    • Tech
    • Health
    • Food

    © 2022 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In