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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lori Hinnant,Mstyslav Chernov and Vasilisa Stepanenko

Ukraine's health care on the brink after hundreds of attacks

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Valentyna Mozgova sweeps shattered glass and other debris from the vacant halls of the bombed-out hospital where she began her career. Living in the basement, the 55-year-old lab technician now works as its solitary guard.

Russian artillery strikes targeted Marinskaya Central District Hospital in 2017 and again in 2021. But numerous barrages over the last seven months forced the hospital's medical staff to flee, destroying key departments such as neurology and gynecology, as well as a general medical clinic in the process.

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