It has been three weeks in 17 days since Russia's military invasion of Ukraine began.
Due to cross-border evacuation and uncertainties about the future, many of the people who have fled to neighboring Poland are facing major challenges.
More than 1.8 million of the people who fled the country have been evacuated to Poland, a neighboring country of Ukraine, and Rzeszow, a city about 70 km away from the border, is a relay point for the evacuated people to go to their next destination. It has become.
The shopping mall in the center was operated as an emergency shelter, and about 300 people including mothers with young children and the elderly were resting on the 17th.
There was a temporary clinic in the evacuation center, and Nigerian doctors volunteered to see the doctor.
According to doctors, there are a number of people who are sick due to the cold, tiredness of escaping across national borders, and anxiety about the future.
There are many symptoms such as colds among young children, and adults complain of foot pain caused by walking for a long time.
A woman evacuated from Sumy in the northeast was visiting the clinic with her 11-month-old daughter, who had symptoms of high fever and coughing.
She said the woman, "My daughter got sick while evacuating by train. It's hard to have a baby. The biggest wish is, of course, peace in Ukraine, but my personal concern now is the physical condition of the child." She was talking.
According to doctors, she said, "I need medicine, but above all, I need human resources," because of the lack of medical staff to handle it.