Medical clinic Superhumans has received a donation of $16.3 million from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the fund of the eldest son of billionaire Warren Buffett. Andriy Stavnitser, the founder of the project, announced this on Facebook.
Of the $16.3 million received, $15.3 million will be directed to the renovation and equipment of the premises of the Lviv hospital. Another million dollars will be spent on the purchase of prostheses for the clinic’s first civilian and military patients.
According to the entrepreneur, the Superhumans fundraising campaign was different by the fact that it is not a classic charity fund, and that the project was registered in the USA, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Poland.
“At every second meeting there was the question “aren’t you afraid to build in Ukraine during the war?” Howard fully understands this: he shares our conviction that new high-quality medical services for war victims should be available in Ukraine as soon as possible,” the entrepreneur writes.
Superhumans is a medical clinic launched in August 2022 in the Lviv Region. It specializes in prosthetics, bionic prostheses that allow arm manipulation through muscle activity, as well as reconstruction and PTSD treatment for war victims. In addition to limb prosthetics, the clinic deals with skin transplantation, the creation of exoskeletons, and rehabilitation. The center is designed for 2800 patients every year.