YOUR participantion saves children’s lives

Awareness of the problem
The Chestnut Run annually reminds media and the community about the kids with congenital heart defects and raises awareness about the treatment options.

Aid beneficiary
The Chestnut Run Charitable Foundation purchases necessary equipment and surgical supplies for the Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Children’s Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Health Ministry of Ukraine.

Saving lives
Despite the fact that about only 70% of Ukrainian children with congenital heart defects are treated at the Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Children’s Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Health Ministry of Ukraine, the number of saved lives increased over the years. The surgery mortality rate decreased 16 times from 2000 to 2018.

Our achievements
Thanks to the Chestnut Run participants modern top-level medical equipment was procured:

2010 – the first device for membrane oxygenation, also called an «artificial heart»,

2013 – the third in Ukraine CS300 counterpulsation device (supports blood pressure of small patients during the surgery),

2017-2019 – the first EnSite™ electrophysiological cardiac mapping system in Ukraine,

2020 – new anesthesia-breathing apparatus A7 (Mindray),

2021 – Giraffe incubator carestation (special incubator, which maintains a constant temperature, humidity and the necessary oxygen saturation),

2022 – unique instruments were purchased for performing minimally invasive cardiac surgery for children.

2023 — the operating table for conducting open cardiac surgical operations with the use of artificial blood circulation in the smallest children – newborns and infants for the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, as well as 2 ambulances within the SMART Medical Aid project «100 ambulances for Ukraine».