Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the Order of Courage, 3rd degree, to a doctor at the Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv, which Russia hit with missiles on July 8.
We are talking about a native of Simferopol, a pediatric maxillofacial surgeon at the hospital's reconstructive plastic microsurgery department, Oleg Golubchenko, who was operating on a 5-month-old child during the attack.
The man studied at the Crimean State Medical University, but after the occupation of the peninsula in 2014, he was forced to leave for Kyiv.
The photo of doctor Oleg Golubchenko, who, in bloody medical clothing, is clearing away the rubble of the hospital where he works, is remembered by everyone.
When the enemy missile hit, the surgeon was performing an operation on a five-month-old child. The medical staff were injured by the debris, covering the child with themselves. Once they were sure that the child was okay and transferred to another hospital to complete the operation, Oleg, with a back wound, hurried to clear away the rubble to free his colleagues and patients.