Ukrainian army doctors on the frontline near Donetsk often have to battle to save soldiers' limbs and their lives. Fierce fighting in the east is exacting a heavy toll
But no two days are the same at a military hospital in the Donetsk region that treats soldiers wounded in some of the fiercest battles in nearly 10 months of"There are days when there are many heavily wounded: four or five amputations at once. Sometimes there is no one for two, three, four hours," said Oleksii, a 35-year-old army doctor who declined to give his full name.
Saving damaged limbs bound tightly on the battlefield to limit blood loss is the first priority for Oleksii. For 36-year-old Oleksii Nazaryshyn, a brigade military service chief, the main goal is simply to save lives.Medics from the First Volunteer Mobile Hospital unit treat soldiers transported from the frontlines, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the Donbas region of the Ukraine, December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File PhotoMedical staff try to lift soldiers' morale by decorating the military hospital with children's drawings.
Some of the staff find it hard to hold back tears as wounded soldiers are carried in on bloody stretchers.
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