Life as a mum in a war zone
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How to Carry on Doing Your Job When People Are Injured in Missile Attacks Targeting Cities, Hospitals, Medical Facilities
It's now a week since an attack on the medical facility in Deneepro which left at least two people dead and more than 30 injured. The World Health Organisation said it had verified more than a thousand attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine since the full scale invasion last year. This as well as the large numbers of injured people, staff have to treat. Emphasises the pressures the country's health services are under. In some cases, doctors, surgeons, nurses, all medical professionals are learning on the job. And last week, both British and Ukrainian surgery teams got together for a conference in Ukraine, which has passed over a year long exchange. Two of those are with us now.
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