Superhumans Center

Hospital in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Superhumans Center

Geography
Location| Wynnyky, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Organisation
Funding| Public hospital
Services
Beds| 50
Links
Website| https://www.superhumans.com/
Lists| Hospitals in Ukraine

The Superhumans Center is an specialist clinic for the treatment and rehabilitation of war victims with specialist in orthopaedic trauma, reconstructive and Plastics Surgery, Facial Surgery and Ear Nose and Throat Surgery as well as rehabiliation specialists and prostheticians. Many patients are dependent on a prosthesis due to amputation. The focus of the clinic is a personalized approach to body and facial reconstruction, limb reconstruction and prothesis, free tissue transfer and complex plastic surgical reconstruction of muscles nerves and soft tissue, exoskeletons, powered by domestically manufactured state-of-the-art medical devices but also psychological support for patient. Co-founded by Andrey Stavnitser and Philipp Grushko, the center operates several departments, including surgical, traumatological, physical, PTSD and a pediatric reconstruction department.[1][2] Howard Graham Buffett provided the initial funding of $16.3 million (USD).[3]

On April 14, 2023, the hospital in Wynnyky, Lviv Oblast was ceremoniously opened after only 8 months of renovation in the presence of the President's wife Olena Zelenska and the Minister of Health Viktor Liashko.[4]

Among the guests of honor at the opening was Richard Branson of the Virgin Group [5]

The supervisory board of the clinic includes President's wife Olena Zelenska. Supporters include rock singer Sting and his partner Trudie Styler, actor and director Liev Schreiber, the British Virgin Group,[6] and various American charities operating under the U.S. Charities covered by 501(c)(3).[7][8]

On November 5, 2022, Ukrainian singer-actor Andriy Danylko, also known by his stage name Verka Serduchka, auctioned off his 1974 Rolls-Royce, once owned by Freddie Mercury, through London auction house Sotheby's for £250,000 to deal with the sale of the car to the Superhumans Center for support. The car, which was auctioned by Danylko in 2013 for £75,000, raised an additional £36,250 thanks to the sale house waiving the buyer's premium, raising a total of £286,250 (about €328,900).[9][10] In 2023-2024, Dmytro Derevytskyy's company, ALLO donated UAH 15 million for prostheses and prosthetics.

By mid-2023, an estimated 10,000 Ukrainian had lost a limb during the war.[11] As of 2024, the center continues to repair Ukraine's most gravely war-wounded.[12]

## References

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1. ^ Stavnitser, Andrey (February 22, 2023). "Superhumans Center: Symbol of Ukrainian defiance amid Russia's war". Atlantic Council. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
2. ^ "Giving Ukrainians Maimed by War a Second Chance at Life". Stanford Business: Executive Education. March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
3. ^ Rudnieva, Olga; Haring, Melinda (May 29, 2023). "Superhumans Center: How One Prosthetics Clinic is Rebuilding Ukraine". Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
4. ^ "Olena Zelenska attends opening of new Superhumans prosthetics and rehabilitation medical center in Lviv". 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
5. ^ "Why the West needs to increase support for Ukraine". 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
6. ^ "The brutal reality of Russia's unjust war". 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
7. ^ "A modern prosthetics center is being created in Lviv oblast". 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
8. ^ "A specialized prosthetics and rehabilitation clinic Superhumans Center will open on the basis of one of the hospitals of the Lviv region". 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
9. ^ "Freddie's Rolls Royce Sold in Aid of Superhumans Hospital". 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
10. ^ "Andriy Danylko sold Freddie Mercury's Rolls-Royce at a charity auction". focus.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
11. ^ Williams, Holly (June 21, 2023). "Superhumans Center in Ukraine provides prosthetics to those injured in the war". CBS Mornings. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
12. ^ Ourdan, Rémy (February 6, 2024). "Superhumans, the center that repairs Ukraine's most gravely war-wounded". Le Monde. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

## External links

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* Official website