Ukrainian doctors save lives at children's heart surgery center relocated after missile attack

Vadym Tkachuk, head of neonatal intensive care unit checks patients, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Centre for Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Kyiv, Ukraine January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KYIV (Reuters) - Six months ago, doctors were performing an operation at Ukraine's Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery when a missile struck the adjacent building inside the Kyiv compound of Ukraine's biggest children's hospital.

"I remember the ceiling falling down on me," recalled Vadym Tkachuk, head of the center's intensive care unit. "But then the first thoughts are always about patients."