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Ostapenko Polina, born in 2011 - Biliary atresia

November 19, 2011, 0:30 7322 Author: Yana Sasina, translated by Daria Sukach www.deti.zp.ua Thanks to our kind donors the sum of 106,000 euros is collected!

Ostepenko Polina, born on the 24th of April 2011

Diagnosis: Biliary atresia

Polina Ostapenko’s up-to-date treatment news

How to help

Medical report

Bank details for donations

The telephone numbers of Parents and Volunteers

This diagnosis occurs in 1 to 20, 000 newborn infants. In the congenital form, the common bile duct between the liver and the small intestine is blocked or absent. The only chance for life in this case is to make artificial bile ducts or to undergo liver transplantation.

This tiny girl has to fight for her life in hospitals every single day. The recent MRT showed that Polina’s only possible way to survive is to have liver transplantation.

Although this complicated surgical procedure can be performed in Ukraine, Polina’s parents doubt that the rehabilitation period in Ukraine will go as smoothly and successfully as it usually goes abroad. Therefore, little Polina urgently needs treatment in the Belgian clinic that requires 87,000 euros or 118,139 US dollars. The three month rehabilitation period requires additionally 19,000 euros what is 25,800 US dollars.

Polina is currently with her parents at the Shalimov Institute in Kyiv (Ukraine) where her mom Anna is undergoing tests for being her daughter’s donor. As soon as the Ukrainian doctors make their conclusions and the Belgian clinic sends its final bill, Polina will finally be able to go abroad to have her life-saving operation. However, it will be possible on condition that warm-hearted people give their financial support to this lovely little princess.

The family has managed to raise around 50,000 hryvnyas (6,203 US dollars or 4,568 euros).

The young parents, Anna and Anatoly, are appealing to every one of you to give their little precious girl a chance for recovery!

Tell your friends, acquaintances, colleagues about this help appeal and share with them the link of our website and Polina’s group in VKontakte.

For further information contact the volunteers of “The Happy Child” Foundation

The family lives in Zaporizhia.

The telephone number of Polina’s father Anatoly: +38 066 797 59 72

The telephone number of Polina’s mother Anna: +38 066 470 03 66

The telephone number of the volunteer Olya: +38 095 72 10 700

Details for transferring your donations for Polina Ostapenko:

(Please let the Foundation members know about your donations)

The bank details for the donations in US dollars:

BENEFICIARY:Остапенко Анатолiй Вiкторович

ACCOUNT: 4405885019734802

BANK OF BENEFICIARY: PRIVATBANK

DNEPROPETROVSK, UKRAINE

SWIFT CODE: PBANUA2X

INTERMEDIARY BANK: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

CHASE METROTECH CENTER

7 TH FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11245 USA

SWIFT CODE: CHASUS33

CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT: 0011000080

The bank details for the donations in WEBMONEY:

Z578751323899 - Dollar

R270624623805 – Russian rubles

U145451281676 – Ukrainian hryvnyas

E130514395386 - Euro

B157682750493 – Belarusian rubles

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