“They had an accident. He amputated his toes, he also has injuries to his ribs, and his arm has to be wired,” Jan Zamrazil, chairman of the Health Insurance organization, told iDNES.cz.
The man is currently in a hospital in western Ukraine. To cover the expenses associated with the operation, the organization plans to organize a fundraiser.
“He helped the children there, he didn’t fight. Yesterday’s operation alone will cost him twenty thousand hryvnias (about 11,500 crowns), so we want to help him. There is no question of transfer to the Czech Republic yet, because his life is not in danger,” said Zamrazil.
Unfortunately, we have a wounded Czech volunteer. We are waiting for information on how the operation turned out. :/ let’s all keep our fingers crossed. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/Z7aIZqbe6W
— zdravotnizajisteni.cz (@zdravotnizajis1) May 17, 2023
Health insurance is a non-profit organization that has been dedicated to humanitarian aid for over 10 years. He has been helping in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
“These are mainly women, children, sick and injured civilians, immobile patients. For those who remain and participate in the defense of their homeland, we import humanitarian aid – medicine, food, hygiene items and other daily necessities,” the organization says on its website.
Another volunteer and founder of the Phoenix Project, medic Taylor, died on Monday. In March, he was hit by shrapnel in the Donbas, and in April he was transferred to the Central Military Hospital in Prague.
Members of the Phoenix team are former professional soldiers, paramedics, paramedics, but also people from other professions such as geophysicists, technologists, professional drivers or entrepreneurs.
Last letter to Taylor
The war in Ukraine
