“We hope a lot”: in an emergency service in the rear of the front, in the south of Ukraine
A crater dug by an explosion, in Sloviansk, Ukraine, September 5, 2022 (photo illustration).
AP - Leo Correa
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In the south of Ukraine, while the counter-offensive of Ukrainian troops towards Kherson continues, at the rear, the medical personnel are not idle.
Meeting with an emergency doctor in a hospital in the region.
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Anastasia Becchio and Boris Vichith
In the cramped office of Dmitro, an emergency doctor, a washing machine, a sink, a sofa: the essentials to be able to stay several days or weeks in a row in the hospital.
On the ground, boxes pile up...
“
When we bring wounded soldiers to us, we tear their uniforms, they find themselves naked and when we take them out of intensive care to transfer them elsewhere, they have to be dressed,
explains the doctor.
That's why in this box, there is enough to put them on, there, underwear, socks
..."
In addition to the soldiers, whose number the doctor cannot reveal, the emergency services, understaffed, have to deal with a large influx of wounded civilians.
"
The bombardments have intensified for some time,
" he said
.
We are being brought more and more often civilians affected by these bombardments.
They have multiple organ injuries.
Most often, the Russians fire with S-300 transformed into surface-to-surface missiles, Smertch and Ouragan.
»
Between two operations, Dmitro follows the information about the
Ukrainian army's counter-offensive in progress in the Kherson region
.
“
As long as they succeed and all this is not in vain.
We hope a lot.
If we push them further away, their rockets will take longer to reach us and we will have an easier time defending ourselves.
»
Outside, the siren sounds… Imperturbable, the doctor returns to his patients in intensive care.
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