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Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’

Medics from the Ukrainian Red Cross take the blood pressure of a patient at the center for displaced persons near Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Medics from the Ukrainian Red Cross examine the feet of a patient at the center for displaced persons near Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) The therapy department which was destroyed after a Russia attack on the hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 31, 2022. Ukraine's health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war with Russia has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Vanda Banderovska, 79, sits inside the center for displaced persons near Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Banderovska's home near Mykolaiv was destroyed by Russian artillery. Her 53-year-old son, Roman, was fatally injured, and she was brought to the hospital badly bruised and barely conscious. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Dr. Ilona Butova walks near the therapy department which was destroyed after a Russia attack on the hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Medicial equipment damaged after a Russia attack on the hospital lays covered in dust and debris in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 31, 2022. Ukraine's health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war with Russia has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) People wait to visit medics from the Ukrainian Red Cross at the center for displaced persons near Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Ukraine's health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war with Russia has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Local residents walk past the hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 31, 2022. Ukraine's health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war with Russia has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Debris and broken glass is scattered on the floor of the damaged infectious illness department after a Russia attack at the hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Medicine and syringes are placed on a table at the at the ICU department in the hospital of Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Medics treat en elderly woman at the ICU department in the hospital of Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 31, 2022. Ukraine's health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war with Russia has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A view of the therapy department which was destroyed after a Russia attack on the hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 31, 2022. Ukraine's health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war with Russia has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Dr. Ilona Butova stands in front of the therapy department which was destroyed after a Russia attack on the hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 31, 2022. Ukraine's health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. But the war with Russia has only made things worse, with facilities damaged or destroyed, medical staff relocating to safer places and many drugs unavailable or in short supply. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)