The courageous medics’ stories

*new stories are constantly being added
Heartfelt gratitude – Valerii Ustymenko

Valerii Ustymenko

«Responding to emergency calls like the rocket attack on Kramatorsk railway station is not something you can forget.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Dmytro Havro

Dmytro Havro

«Those were the days of hell. Bombs fell on our heads, and children died in our arms.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Oleksii Taran

Oleksii Taran

«It is difficult and dangerous to move premature children to the shelter. Complications begin immediately.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Hanna Mostova

Hanna Mostova

«Sirens are wailing, and the Ukrainian flag is flying outside the window, and... a newborn baby gives its first cry. Life goes on.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Ihor Bielkin

Ihor Bielkin

«In these past five months, so much happened I could fill a book with these stories. We all gave our best.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Volodymyr Ventsel

Volodymyr Ventsel

«You're on the road, resuscitating a patient with a heart attack, in the dark, passing roadblocks, and something is constantly buzzing, exploding, falling...»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Ihor Buiukli

Ihor Buiukli

«I arrived first and started triaging patients. All of Serhiivka was up in smoke, and people were frantically begging for help.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Andrii Krasko

Andrii Krasko

«I was among medical personnel that evacuated people from Bucha, Irpin, and Borodyanka. You go there, see this destruction, and understand that we live in terrible times...»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Lidiia Romanenko

Lidiia Romanenko

«There were times when 18 patients would be in the waiting room, and I was the only nurse on call. It was my duty, and I did what I was supposed to do.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Vira Yefremova

Vira Yefremova

«I saw tears in the eyes of the medics, their blood-soaked gowns, but all of us held it together. We knew we had to.»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Olga Sekliy

Olga Sekliy

«The mother was sobbing and covering her son's wounds with her fingers in the ambulance while we tried to save the boy»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Lyudmila Teryaeva

Lyudmila Teryaeva

«I've been working as a nurse for 38 years, but I still can't watch how children's hearts stop on the operating table»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Kateryna Deyneka

Kateryna Deyneka

«I was the only doctor for more than 70 children. Should I have just left them? I was not able to do it»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Ksenia Kushko

Ksenia Kushko

«Fortunately, everyone who was rescued by my team in the «Amstor» shopping center survived. They are all fine now»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Artem Dynnik

Artem Dynnik

«The future of my nephew depended on my decision. It is difficult»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Pavlo (anonymous)

Pavlo (anonymous)

«Thanks to civilians and brave doctors, the average hospital in Dimer withstood the occupation with dignity»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Kateryna Lanchynetska

Kateryna Lanchynetska

«For three weeks we lived in the bomb shelter of the maternity ward, because no one knew what would happen»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Yuriy Dabizha

Yuriy Dabizha

«What I saw from February 24 changed my whole life»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Anastasia Muntyanova

Anastasia Muntyanova

«The most difficult thing is when you arrive at the place of  bomb shelling  and there are children there»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Roman Bondarenko

Roman Bondarenko

«We have operated on severe wounds under the flashlights of mobile phones»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Lyubov Tsyganova

Lyubov Tsyganova

«Every day we see how lives are cut short by explosions in one moment»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Roman Polyakov

Roman Polyakov

«You hear the alarm, grab the child - and go to the basement. Patients were treated right there, under the bombardment»

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Heartfelt gratitude – Vladyslav Lysenko

Vladyslav Lysenko

«When the light goes out during a complex operation - a second equals infinity»

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