Hell, horror and heroism in Ukraine’s battlefield hospitals

Medical staff at the septic surgery department of the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro check a patient on September 26, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Direct combat and aerial strikes have triggered a rise in patients suffering from traumatic wounds, who have overwhelmed understaffed hospitals. The Dnipro Mechnikov Hospital saw its workload increase tenfold, said chief surgeon Sergiy Kosulnykov. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)