DCTOHC Organizes Annual Mission to Lviv
Annual Mission to Lviv, Ukraine is going to be held at the end of September, 2019. Both new and returning patients will come for treatment and examination. We hope to …
Doctors| COLLABORATING | TO HELP CHILDREN
There are over 40,000 burn-related INJURIES in Ukraine each year, and an astonishing 10,500 of those are CHILDREN. Treatment of burnt patients requires special medical diagnostic skills, posing a rather uneasy problem
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Who We Are
Board of Directors Gennadiy Fuzaylov, M.D. President Dr. Gennadiy Fuzaylov is a pediatric anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriner’s Hospital in …
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Our Story
One strategy for the development of sustainable care for burned children from Ukraine In March 2005, a young girl came to Shriners Hospital from Ukraine for treatment of injuries she …
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), burns and fires are the third leading cause of death in the home.
Burn Statistics
200,000
Scalding is the most common burn injury in children under four years old, accounting for 200,000 injuries per year.
15,000
Roughly 15,000 children require hospitalization for burn injuries.
1,100
About 1,100 children per year die from fires and burn injuries.
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The New Mission in Ukraine
Due to the preliminary data there is a high rate of cleft lip and palate abnormalities among kids in Ukraine. Thus a new program, lead by Gennadiy Fuzaylov, is being …
One more patient from Ukraine heads for Boston
One more patient from Ukraine was brought to Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston. Zhenya Ahabekov suffered severe burns up to 55% of his body, caused by electric shock. Due to …