Ukraine: Kristina dead, child saved from bombs
Little Kristina didn’t make it. The 5-year-old disabled girl had escaped the Russian bombs in April from Nova Kakhovka, 50 kilometers south of Cherson, in Ukraine, and was brought to Italy by the volunteers of Anas Sardegna with a daring crossing of Eastern Europe, together with her mother. Oxana and her 17-year-old brother. Then the taking charge by the doctors of the Sant’Orsola of Bologna, specialized in the therapy for people suffering from a very rare syndrome, that of Pallister-Killian (Pks). A month and a half ago she had been hospitalized following a neurological check-up: two days ago, shortly after being discharged, she died from the course of the disease. The news, anticipated by the Corriere di Bologna, was confirmed to ANSA by Samantha Carletti, president of the Pks Italia association. Today the funeral with an Orthodox rite in San Basilio and the burial in the children’s camp at the Certosa cemetery in Bologna.
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