An acute shortage of medicines has been reported in areas of eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists. Many pharmacies are closed, and hospitals are unable to care for patients with some serious conditions. In areas controlled by the government, health services are also feeling the strain.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Health services struggle to cope in war-torn Ukraine
A miner wounded in a blast at the Zasyadko mine lies in a bed at the Republican Center for Traumatology hospital in Donetsk on March 4.
