Aleksandra Shchebet fled Kyiv when the bombing began, found refuge in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk — and decided to stay and help her country in any way she could.
Before the sun came up on the morning of Feb. 24, Aleksandra Shchebet woke to the sound of explosions some 25 miles away from her home in Kyiv. First one, then another, then more.
Dr. Aleksandra Shchebet is a neurologist who, until the war broke out, ran a private practice in Kyiv. She helped treat chronic headaches and back pain and also practiced as a psychotherapist. This woman's grandmother did end up passing away in her sleep."I'm not saying I'm depressed," says Shchebet,"but my heart is broken, actually. I'm a good neurologist. And now I'm not able to help."
Shchebet has tried to keep in touch with her friends and colleagues elsewhere in the country. She recently learned that two surgeons she knew were killed in Chernihiv. They were performing surgery when a bomb landed in the middle of the operating room."It's an enormous tragedy," she says. As a neurologist, she's acutely aware that this war will lead to numerous and lasting cases of PTSD and depression.
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