B.C.’s top burn doctor provides care to war victims in Lviv, Ukraine | 24CA News
B.C.’s high burn physician and medical director for Vancouver General Hospital’s burn unit has returned from Ukraine.
Dr. Anthony Papp spent two weeks volunteering in Lviv, Ukraine, offering take care of these injured within the Russian invasion.
“Most of the patients I treated were mostly soldiers, injured either in the trenches with explosions or burned in other ways at the front,” stated Papp.
“These patients are almost always already infected with various bacteria before they even get to the burn unit, which makes things really complicated.”
But Papp says Ukrainian morale stays excessive, with few on the hospital speaking concerning the battle not to mention complaining about it.
Beyond the sufferers he handled, one lasting contribution will probably be his enter into new medical protocols for treating burns in Lviv.
As for his security, he was fantastic throughout his stint in Lviv, however a Russian missile barrage a couple of days after he left served as a reminder that Canadian medical doctors have been taking actual dangers in offering their companies within the wartorn nation, he stated.
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