Ukrainian Surgeon Bravely Treats Soldiers Amidst Russian Conflict

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Source: The Associated Press
Ukrainian Surgeon Bravely Treats Soldiers Amidst Russian Conflict
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Petro Nikitin, the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, operates on soldiers all day long amid Russia's war. The hospital is short-staffed because physicians were pulled away to work in field hospitals closer to the front. Nikitin has become familiar with a range of traumatic injuries, including explosive weapons such as landmines, artillery shells, and grenades. He tries to return these people to a normal life, but sometimes they are forced to amputate a soldier's arm or leg.

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