Newborn saved by ‘miracle’ surgery in Ukraine funded by Irish Chernobyl charity

Baby Nestor underwent life-saving cardiac surgery funded by Irish charity Chernobyl Children International.

A newborn baby who faced almost certain death has been christened a ‘Christmas angel’ after undergoing life-saving cardiac surgery funded by an Irish charity in war-torn Ukraine.

Baby Nestor was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, while still in his mother’s womb — a very serious heart condition which meant the left side of his heart did not develop, and which without surgery meant that he would not have lived beyond a few days.