How one retired executive helped change a wounded Ukrainian soldier's life: 'This is a stakeholder issue that is unparalleled to anything I have ever done in my life.'
Retired businessman Gary Wasserson had never worked in the nonprofit world, but today he calls himself a humanitarian.
"My experience was a very bad experience. I was blown up by Russians — something blew up in my car," Orlov, 27, told CBS News."I was stuck in the car and my teammates helped me out. I lost a little piece of my left foot and both of my legs were broken," he explained. "People ultimately make the difference, and if you know how to network properly you can get almost anything done in the world,"said Gary Wasserson, 67, who has helped residents of Ukraine to flee the war-torn country.A team of surgeons at HSS, including orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Duretti Fufa, reviewed Orlov's x-rays and other medical records remotely to evaluate the scope of his complex bone and soft tissue injuries as well as open skin wounds.
Orlov's girlfriend, Ashley Matkowsky, an American documentary filmmaker whom he met in Ukraine during the war, was also instrumental in helping ensure that he got the necessary care."She compiled his records from physicians who treated him at both a government and private hospital, and we liaised with her," Dr. Fufa said.
"I have agreed to take full responsibility for any financial issues related to his housing, health care, all of that," Wasserson said of Orlov, who currently resides in an HSS-owned living unit in New York City. His medical care and housing expenses are being paid for through HSS's charity care program, according to Laura Robbins, head of global partnerships for the hospital.
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