Forty-four people have turned to paramedic brigades for medical assistance after clashes outside the Verkhovna Rada, 21 of them with gunshot wounds, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has said.
“According to the Ukrainian Health Ministry’s center for emergency medical assistance and disaster medicine, by 5:05 p.m. medical assistance from paramedic brigades had been sought by 44 people (civilians and law enforcers) who were injured as a result of clashes on Aug. 31 between protestors and law enforcers outside the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada,” a ministry spokesperson said on Monday evening.
Among those injured, 21 suffered gunshot wounds, five suffered polytraumas and four sustained head injuries. Four suffered soft tissue bruises, two lacerations and two were poisoned. One was shell-shocked and another one suffered a concussion.
