A DESPERATE Ukrainian scorched by Putin’s missiles warned the Keir Starmer: “If Ukraine falls, so does Europe.”
NHS doctors and nurses are being secretly deployed to Ukraine to help save victims of Russian bombing suffering with up to 80 per cent burns.
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The PM yesterday visited a Kyiv hospital that treats both military and civilian casualties with the help of British expertise to thank the staff and meet the wounded.
UK surgeons and other burns experts have been covertly flown into the Ukrainian capital on secondments to share best practice and tackle infections.
While the majority of patients were military casualties, a number in intensive care were civilian victims of missile and drone attacks on their homes.
Donations of operating theatres and equipment have brought the hospital – that we are not naming as it is a target of Russian attacks – “up to a higher level of care”.
Simon Jones of the British Red Cross told The Sun the “generosity of the British public” was crucial to making the project happen.
It’s funded through the charity and the Foreign Office, with rolling missions from NHS carers on rotation for six to eight week stints.
Mr Jones told The Sun: “Essentially we are bringing in anaesthetists, surgeons, rehabilitation specialists, burns nurses, for secondments.
“They are supporting local doctors and nurses, and we are looking to upgrade skills, and knowledge transfer around best practices in burns care.
“They tend to come for around six weeks, and then go back and make a report of recommendations and then we try to support the implementation of those with local stuff.
The PM said the injuries he saw at the hospital were “a grim reminder of the heavy price that Ukraine is paying”.
A civilian patient from Kyiv, who has burns across both hands and arms, warned Sir Keir: “If Ukraine falls, so does Europe.”
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