amputates

Kraków woman who quit her job to help in Ukraine vows to return after losing her leg in a bomb attack

Following Russia’s invasion in February 2022, special educator Grażyna Sławińska decided to quit her desk job and travel to the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to offer her assistance. Klika w Charkowie/Grażyna Es/Facebook

Following Russia’s invasion in February 2022, special educator Grażyna Sławińska decided to quit her desk job and travel to the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to offer her assistance.

Group with artificial limbs conquers one of Poland’s highest mountains in gruelling slog to the top

The former patients of an orthopaedic institute had all lost limbs but this did not prevent them from getting to the top.

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