The innovative rehabilitation center for wounded soldiers RECOVERY has been opened in the city of Dnipro. This is the first center of the national RECOVERY network founded by Viktor and Elena Pinchuk.

Until the end of this year, 10 RECOVERY centers will start operating in Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kyiv, Lvov, Odessa (2 centers), Rivne, Khmelnytsky and Cherkasy regions. The founders have already allocated $11.5 million to the RECOVERY project.

Rehabilitation is about life and functionality: why the unique RECOVERY center

The RECOVERY Center is unique. It is built to the highest international standards. Modern physiotherapy equipment is installed here, physical rehabilitation rooms are equipped with innovative virtual reality equipment that provides feedback to the patient. The complex of simulators and devices for rehabilitation covers the whole range of possible functional disorders of patients (including those resulting from mine-explosive injuries) and helps to restore them at a high technological level.

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many injured defenders and defenders who need further treatment and rehabilitation have ended up in the front-line Dnieper. Rehabilitation is required from the first day, because the results of the restoration of lost functions and the quality of life of patients depend on timely rehabilitation measures.

The RECOVERY Center was built to the highest international standards / Photo The Victor Pinchuk Foundation

At the RECOVERY center in Dnipro, the first patients are already undergoing rehabilitation. The Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine was renovated here, the wards are equipped with the requirements of inclusiveness. Multifunctional beds with electric drive and furniture are installed for comfortable and convenient stay of patients. The center is equipped with 30 beds, so during the year more than 600 wounded soldiers will be able to receive comprehensive rehabilitation assistance here.

Pinchuk met with the military who are undergoing rehabilitation / Photo The Victor Pinchuk Foundation

In total, more than 11,000 patients a year will be able to receive rehabilitation assistance at RECOVERY centers throughout the country.

On the first day of the RECOVERY center in Dnipro, businessman and project founder Viktor Pinchuk visited it. He met with the military, undergoing rehabilitation, and doctors.

Victor Pinchuk

founder of the RECOVERY project

Our Heroes risk their own lives to protect the freedom and future of Ukraine. It is an honor for me and my wife Elena to help them return to a full life after their injuries. The war, unfortunately, showed that the rehabilitation and support of the wounded military will be the most important task for years to come. This requires a systematic approach and assistance to the private sector. Therefore, we decided to create a network of the most modern rehabilitation centers throughout Ukraine on the basis of state clinics as quickly as possible.

Our RECOVERY center has state-of-the-art equipment with virtual reality equipment that provides feedback to the patient. The functionality of the new equipment is very diverse. Each device is just a spaceship! This, of course, will allow more effective recovery of those who need rehabilitation. Rehab is about life. It's about functionality. This is about independence and self-reliance, – said Alla Pivnik, head of the rehabilitation of physical rehabilitation medicine, head of the multidisciplinary team of the city of Dnipro.

More than 11 thousand patients a year will be able to receive rehabilitation assistance at RECOVERY centers / Victor Pinchuk Foundation

What is known about the RECOVERY project

• In London, on June 28, 2022, the spouses of Ukrainian philanthropists Viktor and Elena Pinchukov presented at the Christie's auction the famous sculpture “Balloon Monkey (Purple)” by American artist Jeff Koons. The sculpture was sold for $11.5 million. All these funds were directed by Viktor and Elena to the RECOVERY project, which includes: the creation of a national network of rehabilitation centers for the seriously wounded, the rehabilitation of the military in partner clinics, complex prosthetics for the military, as well as international educational programs for rehabilitation specialists and more.
• In 2023, the national network of innovative rehabilitation centers RECOVERY will include 10 centers based on state medical institutions in Vinnitsa, Dnipropetrovsk (2 centers), Kiev, Lviv, Odessa (2 centers), Rivne, Khmelnytsky and Cherkasy regions.
• The partner institutions will select the main hospital bases in these regions to provide rehabilitation assistance to military personnel. In some institutions, rehabilitation departments are created from scratch, in most – within the framework of the project, the capacity of the departments and the number of beds will increase.