Canadian Red Cross helps rebuild Ukrainian children’s hospital after rocket attack
The Canadian Red Cross is funding a $1.4 million renovation to restore Ukraine's largest pediatric cardiology center, aiming to serve up to 18,000 children annually after a 2024 rocket attack.
- One year after a devastating rocket attack, the century-old Okhmatdyt, Ukraine's largest children's hospital, is preparing to reopen with help from the Canadian Red Cross, Sabina Voronetsa said.
- The rocket strike killed four people and injured others, closing the mustard-yellow, five-storey Okhmatdyt hospital since July 2024 and damaging surrounding medical buildings.
- Mykyta Ilin of the Red Cross said, `The rocket actually fell to that building,' and `I think every window got destroyed,' adding, `Our approach is not to build a new hospital.
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Workers suspended from ropes apply the last touches of white paint to the mouldings of the Okhmatdyt Paediatric Hospital in Kyiv.

Canadian Red Cross helps rebuild Ukrainian children's hospital after rocket attack
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
KYIV — Workers suspended from ropes apply the last touches of white paint to the mouldings of the Okhmatdyt Paediatric Hospital in Kyiv. Under them, a damaged stroller and building materials are placed on a pile of debris. The windows of some buildings are still condemned by plywood panels. One year after a devastating rocket attack, which killed four and injured a dozen people, this hundred-year-old establishment is about to reopen its doors, w…
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