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"It was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far.
Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs
smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out
ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including
women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman
photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.
In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under
constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including
81 affecting maternal care and delivery rooms. Just last month, Diana Koshyk,
seven months pregnant, was killed when a missile struck a maternity hospital in
the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region.
Over the past month, the
Guardian has visited three maternity hospitals on
the frontline to witness how Russia’s full-scale invasion and attacks on
healthcare facilities have taken away women’s fundamental right to a safe
childbirth."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
