2 minutes agoUkraine's Harkiv Faces Fight COVID-19
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(4 years ago)Hospital workers in Ukraine's second largest city, Harkiv, find themselves on two front lines, fighting COVID-19 in intensive care units until the bombings continue outside the hospital. The Regional Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Harkiv ʹ the city's main object for treating virus patients throughout [...]
The Regional Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Harkiv ʹ the city's main object for treating virus patients throughout the pandemic is continuing to face pandemic.
Hospital director Pavel Nartov said air attack sirens drop several times a day, forcing patients to take refuge in an improvised site to protect themselves from bombs.
Treating patients with oxygen therapy is the most difficult and dangerous part of the process, but more importantly, given the risks of exposure to oxygen tanks to shelling, he said.
“Bundards occur from morning to evening. Thank God a bomb hasn't hit our hospital yet. But it can strike at any time”, he told the Associated Press.
Harkiv has been under ongoing attacks by Russian forces since the outbreak of war on February 24th, with bombings hitting residential buildings, forcing citizens to flee the city.
Ukraine's official daily cases with COVID-19 reached record levels in February, but have dropped since Russia began its invasion.
Leaving the war, people have forgotten about COVID-19.
