Surgeon and physiotherapist Danylo Safronov (“Buddha”) relates how he returned to Ukraine from abroad after Russia’s full-scale invasion, how he joined the team of PDMSh volunteer medics, how they worked in Bakhmut, which was bombarded by Russian artillery and aviation, how they lived in a basement; and what we all have to do to win. […]
At the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, this guy goes by the nom de guerre “Molfar.” However, he doesn’t live in the Carpathian Mountains but in Cherkasy, where he works as an anesthesiologist at a hospital and teaches at a medical academy. “Many people believe that anesthesiology is just coming in, giving some injection, the […]
According to anesthesiology intern Anna Bilyk (“Bilka”), Russians at the front deliberately fire on medics and even specially wait for Ukrainians to come to pick up their fallen or wounded. And yet, Ukrainian medics sometimes have to treat wounded aggressors. “You never guess who has got on your table,” says Anna. “He [the wounded Russian] […]