‘The nurse used the torch on her phone to do the op’: hospitals stripped of resources in Ukraine’s occupied territories

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Hospitals in Russian-occupied Kherson, including Hola Prystan, are stripped of resources, with medical equipment and supplies stolen for military use and experienced staff departed. This has led to dire conditions, including power cuts and lack of essential medical supplies, forcing staff to perform procedures with phone flashlights and denying care to those without Russian passports.

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Clinics and hospitals in affected areas lack staff, power and medicines, with supplies redirected to the Russian militaryEarlier this summer, the once bustling corridors of the district hospital in Hola Prystan, a city in the Russian-occupied Kherson region of Ukraine, were ominously quiet. At times, it was plunged into darkness during power cuts lasting hours.

‘The nurse used the torch on her phone to do the op’: hospitals stripped of resources in Ukraine’s occupied territories

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