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2019 Irish Charity’s Cardiac

5th,
June Surgeons Fly To Ukraine

| To Perform Life-Saving
EXAMINER Surgeries On Chernobyl

IRISH Children

s the gripping and tragic ‘Chernobyl’ his lifespan, however as his condition
TV mini-series draws to a close this rapidly deteriorated over the past week,
Aweek, a team of Irish funded paedi- CCI’s surgical team was on-hand to
atric cardiacsurgeonshavetoucheddownin work with local teams to save his life.
Ukraineinaraceagainsttimetosavethelives CCI’s Cardiac Programme has direct-
of up to a dozen babies who have inherited ly saved the lives of over 4,100 children
the unfolding deadly legacy of the 1986 over the past two decades, however the
nucleardisaster. training and teaching undertaken with
33 years after the accident at local teams means that the impact of the
Chernobyl, Adi Roche’s Chernobyl missions extends even further.
Children International (CCI) is leading Leading the mission is Dr William
the international humanitarian response Novick, a world-renowned Cardiac
to the fallout of the worst nuclear acci- Surgeon who works to save the lives of
dent of all time. Just 120km from the most vulnerable children all over the and every year, thousands of children in a challenge. There are moments when it
Chernobyl, in the Ukrainian capital of world including Iraq and Afghanistan; the Ukraine and Belarus are born with seems like nobody cares any-
Kiev, the charity is, this week, undertak- “In no other place in the world that life threatening genetic heart diseases more…Until someone like Craig Mazin,
ing life-saving cardiac surgeries for we travel, do we see the number of cases and defects. One of these defects is the HBO and Sky comes along and finds a
babies as young as 12 hours old, in order of congenital heart defects that we see deadly condition known as “Chernobyl new way to lift the veil. The mini-series
to combat the continuing fallout of the here in Ukraine and Belarus. It’s Heart”. sees Chernobyl as never articulated or
accident. unprecedented, however Ireland is lead- The social, environmental and health envisioned before.”
Life-saving open-heart surgeries ing the World in offering a real chance of effects of Chernobyl are now crossing The HBO and Sky series, which
began yesterday on Monday, 03 June hope to these innocent children. through generations and will do so for boasted an impressive Irish cast includ-
with the first patient being a 6 month old Countless children would have died many years to come. Though the acci- ing Jessie Buckley, brought to life the
baby boy called Vyacheslav. The con- were it not for Irish intervention” dent at the Nuclear Power Plant took night of the accident in Ukraine and its
genital heart defect which he was born The heart is one is the organs most place over three decades ago, there is resulting fallout, which has gone on to
with effectively put a ‘ticking clock’ on vulnerable to the effects of radiation, still a great need for assistance for 2nd cast a dark shadow across the Ukraine
and 3rd generations of victims, who and its neighbouring countries over the
Sean Downes have inherited a deadly legacy known as past 33 years.
‘Chernobyl Lineage’, which will contin-
The series has piqued worldwide
ue to pass on to generations to come. interest in the almost unbelievable dev-
Attorney at Law which the 1986 has cast a dark shadow astating accident that resulted in thou-
This is just one of many ways in
sands of deaths. Following a joint col-
67 Wall Street, Suite 2401 across the affected countries of Belarus, laboration with the cast and crew of the
New York, New York 10005-3101 Ukraine and Russia, however Voluntary series at the United Nations on 26 April,
Telephone: (212) 248-3232 Fax (212) 248-2848 CEO of CCI, Adi Roche, insists that Chernobyl Children International
Representing those injured in: there is renewed hope for the victims thanked the series creators at the United
SCAFFOLDING ACCIDENTS CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS following the powerful mini-series; Nations for doing justice to the truth and
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
AND ALL OTHER ACCIDENT CASES “As time has drifted by, telling the honouring the memories of those affect-
story of Chernobyl has become more of ed by the accident. C

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