The war in Ukraine. What is happening in hospitals? In such conditions, [PHOTO] works

Our Country’s invasion of Ukraine continues. Civilian facilities, including hospitals, are also under attack. In order to protect patients, the wards were moved to cellars-shelters. This is where Ukrainian children are born. The pictures below present a picture of what is happening in hospitals in Ukraine, the conditions under which childbirth is received and the patients are treated.

Since the beginning of Our Country’s attack on Ukraine, the World Physicians’ Association (WMA) and the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) have called for compliance with the international principle of medical neutrality and human rights. “Preventing doctors from providing medical care to patients or imposing sanctions on them violates international law contained in the conventions to which the Federation has committed itself,” reminds the WMA in a statement published on February 25.

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“We condemn any act of aggression that prevents doctors and health workers from fulfilling their duty of care in order to protect life. European doctors are in solidarity with their Ukrainian colleagues who are currently working in the center of the conflict and are calling for a swift end to all military aggression, ”said Dr. Christiaan Keijzer, chairman of the Standing Committee of European Doctors.

Patients of hospitals in Ukraine are currently living in such conditions.

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The basement of the Kiev pediatric hospital, which now serves as a bomb shelter. A ward for children treated in the facility was organized here. February 28, 2022

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Piwnica-shelter, where sick children and women with newborns are now housed. In the photo, the nurse is taking notes in the diary. March 1, 2022

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Piwnica-shelter, where sick children and women with newborns are now housed.

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Women with children in the basement of the maternity hospital in the city of Mariupol (eastern Ukraine). The basement now serves as a medical ward and a bomb shelter.

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Maternity hospital in Mariupol. The maternity nurse looks after the newborn baby. March 1, 2022

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Medical worker during a short break. March 1, 2022

Photo The war in Ukraine. Maternity hospital in Mariupol

Maternity hospital in Mariupol. Medics operate on gunfire wounded in a residential neighborhood. March 1, 2022

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Medical workers care for women who gave birth in a hospital basement converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter. March 1, 2022

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A woman with her newborn baby. March 2, 2022

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Newborns and pregnant women in makeshift beds in a ward organized in the basement, also used as a shelter during attacks. March 2, 2022

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Patients, medical staff, parents in the corridors of the maternity hospital basement, which was transformed into a medical ward and shelter. March 2, 2022

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Pregnant women and newborns in the basement-shelter of the maternity hospital in Kiev. March 2, 2022

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City Hospital in Zaporizhia (south-eastern part of Ukraine). The townspeople are preparing barricades of sandbags. In this way, they try to increase the safety of the hospital and ensure its uninterrupted functioning.

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City Hospital in Zaporizhia (south-eastern part of Ukraine). The townspeople are preparing barricades of sandbags.

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