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Ukraine’s health system ‘engulfed’ amid attacks on 18 hospitals and clinics

The conditions are ripe for a surge in infectious diseases, the WHO warns
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10 March 2022
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Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from the shell damaged maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine
An injured pregnant woman is carried from the damaged hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, 9 March 2022. Photo: AAP

The WHO says it has verified 18 Russian attacks on Ukraine hospitals, ambulances and health staff and is warning that the country’s health system is being engulfed by the crisis, with infectious disease set to “rip through” the population.

It comes amid news reports this morning of an airstrike on a maternity and children’s hospital in the port city of Mariupol, wounding 17 people, including women in labour.

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