Devastating Russian strikes in Ukraine have cut off power to many hospitals, forcing doctors to improvise.
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The devastating strikes, which continued last week and plunged the country into darkness once again, strained and disrupted thecare system, already battered by years of corruption, mismanagement, the COVID-19 pandemic and nine months of war. He predicted that 2 million to 3 million more people could leave their homes in search of warmth and safety, and “will face unique health challenges, including respiratory infections such as COVID-19, pneumonia and influenza.”page a video of surgeons operating on a child’s heart with the only light coming from headlamps and a battery-powered flashlight.
But just last week, a strike on a maternity ward in a hospital in eastern Ukraine killed a newborn and heavily wounded two doctors. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, two people were killed after the Russian forces shelled an outpatient clinic. They have to carry immobile patients all the way down the stairs of apartment buildings, and then bring them up again to operating rooms.
The generator the children’s hospital uses broke down last week, leaving the facility without any form of power for several hours. Doctors are wrapping newborns in blankets because there’s no heat, said Dr. Olga Pilyarska, deputy head of intensive care. Additional reserve generators are still badly needed, the minister added. “The generators are designed to work for a short period of time — three to four hours,” but power outages can last up to three days, Liashko said.
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