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On June 30, 2016, the Ukrainian company “Nertus”, in collaboration with Freedom Innovations, held a conference on Lower Limb Prosthetics Using the Latest Technologies by Freedom Innovations. Freedom Innovations, a U.S.-based company, has over 30 years of experience in developing composite carbon materials and designing high-tech prosthetic components that meet the highest engineering and technological standards. This expertise has positioned Freedom Innovations as a global leader in the field.

For the first time in Ukraine, a bionic forearm prosthesis was successfully fitted. The recipient was 40-year-old serviceman Serhii Voropai, a father of two, who was injured during the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation). He lost his hand in eastern Ukraine when a grenade landed in the tent where he and nine fellow soldiers were having dinner. Serhii heroically lifted the grenade above his head, saving the lives of everyone in the tent. This bionic prosthesis was provided to the hero under a state-funded program for free prosthetics for ATO participants.

18 On August 18, 2015, the Tellus Center for Prosthetic and Orthopedic Care relocated to its new premises at: 3/1 Akademika Vorobiova St., First Floor. We are now next to the Odesa Regional Children’s Hospital in Slobodka, to the right of the entrance to its territory. Across Serhii Yadov Street, we are also neighboring the 11th City Clinical Hospital (formerly the regional hospital).