troops are attacking health care facilities more and more often. On Saturday, they took control of a psychiatric hospital in central Ukraine. As reported by Reuters, it is not possible to evacuate patients or provide them with water, food and medicine.
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On March 5, forces attacked a psychiatric hospital in Borodzianka in the Kiev region. The information was provided by Reuters, citing the words of the region’s governor, Oleksij Kuleba. The hospital patients thus became hostages of the s. There are 670 people in total in the hospital.
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“Medicines and water are running out”
— We don’t know how to evacuate these people or how to help them — said Oleksij Kuleba, quoted by Reuters. — They are running out of medicine and water. There are people with special needs, they must be under constant care. Many of them are bedridden patients for years — Kuleba added.
The hospital in Borodzianka is not the first object of this type to be attacked by the forces. According to information from the World Health Organization, six attacks on Ukrainian hospitals have been confirmed so far. Six people died as a result of the attacks and 11 were injured — writes WHO.
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