The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova said that due to the prolonged siege and constant shelling of Russian aircraft and artillery it is impossible to replenish drug stocks for the wounded who are in the Mariupol field hospital. She posted a message on Facebook.
“People with torn limbs, shrapnel and bullet wounds have to be operated on under the headlight. Even after a successful operation, the wounded are at high risk of complications – sepsis, peritonitis, gangrene. In such conditions, many can not help despite “There is a shortage of doctors and nurses around the clock. There is a shortage of doctors and nurses, including the wounded and killed,” Denisova wrote. She stressed that the wounded needed an urgent evacuation.
The ombudswoman appealed to the UN Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations during the Russian Invasion to take into account all human rights violations in Ukraine.
“I ask Antonio Gutteres and the International Committee of the Red Cross Immediately take all possible humanitarian measures to protect and assist the wounded and medical personnel, as provided for in Article 9 of the Convention on the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces, “Denisova said.
