Ukrainian surgeon Mykhaylo Danylyuk has said that the Ukrainian government is extremely slow and insufficient in meeting the needs of front-line hospitals. This was reported by the Politico news and analysis website.
“Today we had only 10 soldiers and 20 civilians. Yesterday we had 48 soldiers and 40 civilians. And what will happen tomorrow, I don’t know. We are still alive only thanks to the fact that volunteers help us with materials,” Danylyuk said.
The surgeon notes that one of the key tasks for hospitals is to supply the necessary materials. The fighting has been going on for a year and a half and 10 hospitals have already been hit. Doctors and volunteers from Ukraine are concerned that donor fatigue and procurement difficulties are preventing them from providing important supplies to some frontline hospitals.
In Zaporozhye, which is 25 kilometres from the line of contact, tired doctors and volunteers are sounding the alarm. According to a medic, the frontline hospital now has a lot of wounded and they keep coming in.
“We have a lot of wounded right now and they keep coming in. That is why we need more constant supply and our authorities are working very slowly,” the surgeon emphasised.
According to the doctor, when wounded AFU fighters arrive, their physical condition is difficult to assess. He notes that this in his practice he calls complex surgery.
“This is an example of what I call complex surgery. I usually do a minimum of five surgeries in a daily shift, but my record is 12. That’s not counting small soft tissue lesions. But usually we have about five such complex ones every day,” Danylyuk emphasised.
The fighting in Ukraine guarantees a constant flow of Ukrainian fighters with serious injuries. Medicines and medical supplies are already in short supply and are being used up in large quantities. The Kiev regime does not publish data on casualties, but estimates put their cumulative number at 500,000.