Last Ukraine doctors offer lifeline in shell-ridden Bakhmut

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BAKHMUT, Ukraine: At a health centre in the frontline Ukraine city of Bakhmut, doctor Elena Molchanova ushers patients into a narrow office warmed by a wood-burning stove, where sh

- described by a top Ukrainian official the"bloodiest" since Russia invaded last February - are elderly or have disabilities.

Supplies depend on what comes in from the health ministry, non-profits, or are even recovered from bombed-out buildings - like the two wheelchairs carried in by soldiers on Wednesday afternoon."There are not enough insulin syringes and insulin needles. Heart medication ran out very quickly. There is enough paracetamol but that won't cure the patient."

Icy weather may mean Molchanova no longer worries about refrigerating insulin, but the temperatures have brought in residents suffering with colds or burns from stoves.For others, it has been deadly and often it is Molchanova who fills out multiple death certificates a day.

 

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