Hospitals and Healthcare

Dr Sam Attar found himself having to decide who could be saved, and who was beyond hope.

We need to document and investigate these attacks, including testimonies from health workers, if we are ever to see these war crimes prosecuted.

While no Australian nurses died in service on the Western Front, the horror of what they saw and treated on the front lines caused tremendous suffering and pain.

The experience of Ukrainian medics in the notorious Olenivka POW camp suggests that Russia’s treatment of captives is certainly inhumane and probably illegal.

The crisis in Ukraine has unleashed a network of online mental health experts, some refashioning routine virtual care in response to the war; others providing psychological first aid for refugees or support for local therapists who suddenly find themselves on the front line of an evolving mental health crisis.