Cardiologist Kiev: ” I am grateful for the ambulance donated by the Pope, now we are waiting for him ”

“A very important symbolic gesture is the ambulance that the Pope wanted to give” to the Institute of the Heart in Kiev. ” Important because we need this vehicle for our patients, for people who need cardiological and cardiac surgery, to transport the injured ”. But also because “it represents the love that the Christian Church has towards the Ukrainian people and a demonstration of closeness and practical help”. Thus to Adnkronos Igor Mokryk, head of cardiac surgery division of the Heart Institute in Kiev, tells of the meeting this morning with the Pope’s almsgiver, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who personally drove an ambulance blessed by Bergoglio and made available from the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome. ” Personally, I would be delighted if the Pope came to Kiev, every visit is important to us, but I’m sure the Ukrainian people would be thrilled to have the Pope visiting, ” he added. a practical fact that originates in the heart of the Pope, in the heart of the Church, in that of believers. A demonstration that the faithful think about how to help Ukraine not only with prayers, but also with practical actions ”, adds Mokryk, explaining that “ if every faithful followed the example of the Pope, if they were led by faith in actions practices, it would be a great help for us. ” A lot of necessary help. ” We need suture materials ”, because ” unlike 2014, when we had wounded soldiers, now we also have wounded civilians. I can’t say how many, but even one child injured by a Russian bomb represents the universe. Moreover, within a peaceful country that has never attacked anyone ”, continues Mokryk. And then there are the cardiac patients, ” who could not reach Kiev when it was too dangerous with the Russians very close to the city, patients who had to wait while their illnesses did not wait. And today their health conditions have worsened, they arrive in very bad condition, ” he explains.