On September 16, 2019, a girl from the village of Ulyanovka, Skadovsk district, Kherson region, was hospitalized at the children's department of the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Nikiforova Vasilisa, who was born on December 04, 2014. Vasilisa has a congenital heart defect - an open arterial duct. The girl needs endovascular closure of the defect with the Nit-Occlud PDA spiral kit.
Marina Nikiforova, Vasylysa's mother, asked the Foundation to help her purchase expensive consumables. We started project «Let's save little Vasilisa's heart together!». The Foundation on its website
https://heart-in-hand.in.ua/programs/vryatuemo-serdechko-malenkoi-vasilisi-razom/ and Facebook page posted information about the girl and all the necessary supporting documents.
With a request to provide a charitable donation for the purchase of a spiral Nit-Occlud PDA kit for little Vasilisa, the Foundation turned to its reliable partners - the of Vodafone Ukraine and received support. The necessary heart implant was purchased and transferred to the Heart Institute.
On September 17, 2019, at the State Institution «Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine», Nikiforova Vasylia underwent X-ray endovascular closure of the patent ductus arteriosus. The postoperative period was uneventful, and on September 19, the girl was discharged home in a satisfactory condition.
We, together with Vasilisa, her mother, all her relatives and friends, are sincerely grateful to Vodafone Ukraine, which provided the purchase of the necessary heart implant to save the girl's heart.
Vasilisa, grow up healthy and happy, may all your dreams come true! All the best for you!