A Philadelphia doctor who 'couldn't sleep without' helping is volunteering at a refugee camp at the Ukrainian border. StahlCBS3 has Dr. Laura Bukavina's story.
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia doctor is at the Ukrainian border volunteering at a refugee camp. The United Nations estimates there could be up to 5 million refugees, and medical personnel from all over the world are lending their support, including a cancer specialist from Philadelphia.
“This was a shopping mall. You can still see the stores that have clothes and they’re just putting cots everywhere for people,” Bukavina said. “So, they’re trying to keep the families together if possible,” Bukavina said, “For example, you have a lot of women and children in this tent for this subcategory. There’s also pets here.”
“They’re scared. They’re numb. There’s very little hope,” Bukavina said. “Sometimes it takes about three days on foot to get to the place. So, you’re seeing a lot of sort of wear and tear injuries on your body. There’s also a lot of hypothermia.”Her colleagues at Fox Chase are gathering and sending supplies, but with tens of thousands of refugees flooding into camps, it’s hard to keep up, and because it’s a humanitarian crisis, COVID-19 precautions have been waived.
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