{"id":13150,"date":"2025-02-25T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cadus.org\/unkategorisiert\/interview-as-a-doctor-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:29:37","slug":"interview-as-a-doctor-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cadus.org\/en\/blog-en\/interview-as-a-doctor-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: As a doctor in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oksana has been working for us as a doctor in Ukraine for more than a year. In this short interview, the native Ukrainian gives us an insight into her daily experiences. <\/strong><\/p>\n

What is your role in this mission?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m an anaesthesiologist, here I work as a doctor on an evacuation mission.<\/p>\n

How would you describe the situation in Ukraine? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything becomes worse. Warfare does not stop, Russia is constantly shelling Ukrainian territories along the front line, capturing more and more new territories and destroying everything in its path, and also regularly attacks with missiles deep into the country. People become drained. <\/p>\n

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\nOksana in one of our three ambulances,
\nwhich are stationed in three cities in eastern Ukraine
\n. Photo: CADUS<\/em><\/p>\n

How has your experience of the work been<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s hard work. In addition to the fact, that we provide medical care to severely injured persons, on ventilator, unstable, etc., this has to be done in unfavorable conditions: in constant noise, vibration, in various adverse weather conditions, at nights.<\/p>\n

Has there been a particular moment that has stuck with you?<\/strong>
\nAt the beginning of my career I remembered difficult medical cases. Now mostly these are cases that cause an emotional response. <\/p>\n

For example, a lonely elderly man, whose house was destroyed after a shelling and he was living at his friend’s place. When the friend died, the elderly man made a suicidal attempt and blew up a grenade in his hands. <\/p>\n

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\nCaring for the patients is stressful
\nand particularly strenuous in a vehicle,
\nover half require intensive medical
\ncare. Photo: CADUS<\/em><\/p>\n

I have seen a \u201cPassport of a citizen of Ukraine\u201d with a piece of shrapnel stuck in it. The casualty carried the document in his left breast pocket and stayed alive. A bit symbolic. <\/p>\n

Last week we evaluated a guy with a severe head injury, who has a tattoo of Little Prince from Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry book on his shoulder. I\u2019ve glued a cardio monitor sensor near the peacefully sitting Prince and was thinking about life all the way. <\/p>\n

What is the most urgent need right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fact, there are many needs. From medical equipment, medicines and consumables to various training courses, psychological support for victims and care providers, etc. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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