Attacks on Health Care in Ukraine
Phil Jeudy
Startup & Innovation Veteran - Transition & Crisis Management - International Development
A total of 1442 attacks on Ukraine’s health care system have been documented since February 24, 2022. 742 attacks damaged or destroyed hospitals and clinics, 210 health workers have been killed
??845 attacks against health infrastructure
??742 attacks on hospitals or clinics
??275 attacks against healthcare professionals
??101 attacks on public hospital services
??79 attacks on child health care
??60 attacks on maternity wards
According to an alarming statistic, Russia has carried out 1,442 attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion. This means that one in ten hospitals in the country was directly damaged by Russian attacks.
Attacks on healthcare facilities are not limited to hospitals: pharmacies, ambulances and healthcare workers are also targets of enemy fire, as this interactive map shows. A paramedic from Donetsk Oblast recounts an event in April 2022, where they were specifically targeted: “At first I didn't understand what was happening; I felt like stones were being thrown at metal; it was the noise. When the car caught fire, we realized we were being shot at. ?
Countless stories have surfaced over the course of two and a half years of war, and the evidence is overwhelming that Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine by targeting people and facilities that help save lives. The missile attack on the “Okhmadtdyt” children's hospital in kyiv is the latest in a series of Russian attacks on hospitals in Ukraine.
I decided to inform regularly my professional network about the situation in Ukraine, where I moved in back in July 2020. It cannot be "business as usual" anymore.
To be released soon: my chronicles in French "Mon Journal d'Ukraine - Février 2023"