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An island of mercy: An American Veteran's view from Ukraine
Rocco A Armonda1, Andrii Sirko, Alex B Valadka
1From the Department of Neurosurgery (R.A.A.), MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; Center for Сerebral Neurosurgery (A.S.), Mechnikov Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital, Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Ukraine; and Department of Neurological Surgery (A.B.V.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Abstract:
In this narrative, a former American military neurosurgeon describes his collaboration with colleagues in eastern Ukraine. He started by collecting and shipping medical supplies and sharing information through virtual conferences and text messages, which culminated in his first in-person visit. He provides vignettes about the many struggles and triumphs of the hospital staff. He also reflects upon the state of American military preparedness for dealing with the unprecedented type of modern warfare taking place in Ukraine.
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