Key points:
- The Hearing Restoration Center has received its second Zeiss Extaro surgical microscope.
- The equipment will enable more than 200 free hearing restoration surgeries to be performed each year.
- The microscope was donated by the German charity Blau-Gelbes-Kreuz.
- More than 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers require such surgeries.
- The new equipment will reduce waiting lists and expand access to free medical care.
The hearing restoration center, which operates with the support of the Pivnik Charitable Foundation, has received its second Zeiss Extaro surgical microscope. This equipment will enable more than 200 free surgeries to be performed each year.
The microscope, worth over €44,000, was donated by the German charity Blau-Gelbes-Kreuz (Yellow-Blue Cross) with the assistance of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga.
Thanks to the new equipment, the center will be able to double the number of free surgical procedures for military personnel who have lost their hearing as a result of combat operations, as well as reduce waiting times for operations.
Mine-blast injuries and acoustic trauma are among the most common injuries among military personnel. They are often accompanied by damage or rupture of the eardrum. Such injuries may not be visible externally, but they significantly affect quality of life, complicate treatment, psychological recovery, and return to civilian life.
Currently, more than 30,000 Ukrainian military personnel require hearing restoration surgery due to combat injuries. The Pivnik Charitable Foundation has helped restore hearing to 150 defenders of Ukraine at the Rhino Center.
Olena Komar, director of the Pivnik Charitable Foundation, noted that for many soldiers, restoring their hearing means a return to a full life and the opportunity to hear the voices of their loved ones and the sounds of the world around them again.
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