Doctors bring patients back to life that for many will no longer be what it used to be, but at least it will be.

The Ministry of Health told about Volodymyr Kupin, the head of the orthopedic and traumatology department of the Kharkiv Regional Clinical Traumatology Hospital .

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Vladimir Kupin, along with most of his team, has remained living at work, working and helping patients.

The medical facility found itself in one of the most shelled parts of Kharkiv – the front line was very close – but did not stop working for a moment.

The doctors were in the hospital around the clock for 82 days and only from mid-May could they spend the night at home if they wished. 

“As we all admired our people, our defenders, from the very beginning of the war, so I admire my colleagues,” says Volodymyr Ivanovych.

He added that some of the team had lived in the hospital with their children for some time, but still continued to do their job.

According to the doctor, the war changed everything. The most frequently treated were patients with mine injuries, both military and civilian. Among the latter, the number of elderly people has increased significantly – fleeing shelling, they fled, often fell, were injured, broke limbs. They also suffered from pain, could not move, and were also provided with medical care. Already in the first days of the full-scale war, the hospital was hit by shelling – many windows in the building were broken, wards were partially damaged. Doctors had to cover the windows with blankets, because the temperature outside was below zero.