At the only remaining maternity hospital in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the only remaining neonatologist now lives at the hospital. Talk of the war is discouraged there, she says. “Their main concern right now is the baby.”
“If I carry Veronika to the shelter, that would take five minutes. But for her, those five minutes could be critical,” Myroshnychenko says.
Russia and Moscow-backed separatists now occupy just over half the Donetsk region, which is similar in size to Sicily or Massachusetts. Pokrovsk is still in a Ukrainian government-controlled area 60 kilometers west of the front lines.“Everything that happens outside this building of course concerns us, but we don’t talk about it,” Myroshnychenko said. “Their main concern right now is the baby.”
“I fear for the little lives, not only for ours, but for all the children, for all of Ukraine,” Kyslychenko said.More than 12 million people in Ukraine have fled their homes due to the war, according to U.N. relief agencies. About half have been displaced within Ukraine and the rest have moved to other European countries.“If the hospital was relocated, the patients would still have to remain here,” said chief physician Dr.
Almost afraid to breathe, Andrii Dobrelia tenderly kissed Timur’s head and whispered to him. As the newborn calmed down on his father’s chest, tears came to Andrii’s eyes.
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