Behind Ukraine’s Front Lines, A Hospital Struggles To Cope

Monday, September 28 , 2015 - 17:28 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Before a cease-fire took hold in eastern Ukraine, a handful of doctors at Mariupol’s Hospital No. 1 faced a flood of patients wounded at the nearby front in the war with Russia-backed rebels. Caught up in an unexpected conflict, the dilapidated hospital is part of an overstretched system plagued by poor equipment, uncertain loyalties, and Soviet-era attitudes about the value of a soldier’s life. …read more

Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty