Survival, heroism and utter tragedy: Bedside tales from a front line Kyiv hospital.
As Ukraine's resistance against Russia grows, Kyiv's A&E units remain as busy as ever - with staff often as traumatised as patients, reports @colinfreeman99.
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As Ukraine's resistance against Russia grows, Kyiv's A&E units remain as busy as ever - with staff often as traumatised as patients, reports @colinfreeman99.
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🔴While most of its A&E medics are no strangers to bloodshed, few have dealt with so many warzone casualties before as this A&E department 
🗣️“It has been a terrible time for all of us,” said surgeon Denys Reizin.
“We see young people coming in without legs, and a lot of blood, brains, ripped-up abdomens and so on. I thought I’d get used to it, but I still can’t believe it’s happening”
“We see young people coming in without legs, and a lot of blood, brains, ripped-up abdomens and so on. I thought I’d get used to it, but I still can’t believe it’s happening”
➡️Patient Sergei Greeniuk, who waited seven days to receive medical attention for a gun shot wound, resorted to using wine as a disinfectant.
“I put it on my wound to clean it, although I couldn’t really tell what was red wine and what was blood”
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“I put it on my wound to clean it, although I couldn’t really tell what was red wine and what was blood”
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🔴In one room on the fourth floor, Valentina Skoryk sat on her bed, her left arm bandaged from a shrapnel wound, and tears running down her cheeks
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➡️Valentina Skoryk's sobs were not because of any physical pain.
Instead, they were for her husband - who she had last seen two days ago, lying dead in the street outside her house
Instead, they were for her husband - who she had last seen two days ago, lying dead in the street outside her house
🗣️“I don’t care how I look after this - at least I am alive.”
Another patient Victoria, was injured in a missile attack that hit her six-storey block of flats as she stood in the kitchen. It knocked her unconscious and showered her with glass shards from her kitchen window
Another patient Victoria, was injured in a missile attack that hit her six-storey block of flats as she stood in the kitchen. It knocked her unconscious and showered her with glass shards from her kitchen window
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