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Living in war - The doctor of Kherson

April 6, 2024

Oleksandr Chebotarov is the only radiologist left in Kherson. All his colleagues have left the city in southern Ukraine.

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Kherson is heavily contested: the north is back in Ukrainian hands, but the Russian occupiers rule in the south. Chebotarov has to work in two clinics at the same time in order to keep things running. And there are regular alarms: patients and staff must flee to the bunker in the basement. This puts additional strain on Sascha: His wife and five-year-old daughter live in the west of Ukraine. Although the risk of attack is less great there, the worry for the father of a family close to the front remains. A report by Carolina Chimoy.

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