Missiles, mines, and supply shortages are testing the resilience of Ukraine’s medical staff, but they won’t back down.
. Those who lived in occupied areas had essential medicines and treatments restricted, the charity says.
Throughout the war, millions of people have been displaced from eastern Ukraine, and the continued fighting has been putting further strain on the country’s medical infrastructure at all levels. Surgeons operating on patients have learned towhen air raid sirens start, Clarke says. Ambulances carrying people have been dug out of mud and snow after getting stuck.
Among the widespread disruption, the war has curbed the care that can be provided to those who are terminally ill—including soldiers wounded on the front lines. Clarke, a palliative care doctor within the NHS, says patients and those who care for them need more support. One hospice she visited, a three-story building that cares for up to 30 patients, couldn’t afford a lift, so those who. Similar scenes are repeated across the country’s hospices.
Greater supplies of morphine and pressure-relieving mattresses are two “low-tech interventions” that could help support people, she says. Clarke and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh have now set up a new charity,, to provide further training for staff and fund further supplies. It will work with “trusted local partners” to improve care, Clarke says. The aim is to help provide some relief for those dealing with the deadly consequences of war.
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