Kyiv besieged: 18-month-old Hungarian girl with cancer had to flee to Hungary!

Luca is barely past a year and a half, but she has already experienced the hardships of life at a young age. The little Hungarian girl from Transcarpathia is struggling with serious cancer, and now, they had to flee the war: she has been in Hungary as a war refugee since last Friday, where she is waiting for surgery. Blikk.hu made a report about the whole story.

The surgery of the girl could have only been performed in Kyiv

Luca’s parents had no choice but to flee to Hungary when the war began. Although they lived in Nagybégány, not far from the Hungarian border, in the Beregszász region, the surgery needed for the little girl could only be performed in the Ukrainian capital, hundreds of kilometres away, in Kyiv. However, this was no longer an option due to the Russian bombings.

In early December last year, it was revealed that Luca was struggling with a pelvic tumour, which resulted in two chemotherapy treatments. She should have had surgery after completing the treatments, but there is currently chaos in Kyiv hospitals. Doctors and nurses are fighting a superhuman fight for patients while the sound of sirens and bombings seeps in from the street. The patients hid in the basements of the buildings, receiving care there. Luca’s surgery and her life were in danger, but they could not undergo surgery at the Kyiv hospital.