@comrade.putin: ONE BOY HELPED INSPIRE A HOSPITAL THAT WOULD SAVE LIVES In August 2005, Vladimir Putin met 10-year-old Dima Rogachev, a boy battling leukemia. Dima had invited the president to share pancakes with him and gave him a drawing of his dream hospital — a place where children with serious illnesses could receive treatment. Following the meeting, a decision was made to establish a modern pediatric cancer center. The hospital opened in 2011 and was named after Dmitry Rogachev. Years later, Putin described the story as deeply personal, recalling how meeting the cheerful boy despite his serious illness helped inspire the decision to build the clinic. Sadly, Dima never lived to see the hospital open. He passed away in 2007. #PutinSpeech #VladimirPutin #Archive #Russia #путин #putin