‘ This is genocide, ’ Ukrainian union leader tells health conference

UNISON’s health conference rose as one this morning to applaud Iryna Shvets, the deputy leader of the Health Workers’ Union of Ukraine (HWUU), and the people of that nation. Addressing delegates virtually, Ms Shvets, whose union organises 600,000 doctors, nurses and health support workers, in all regions of Ukraine and in more than 90% of health care facilities, said that she would like to have talked “about peaceful health care matters”. However, for the past two months, Ukrainians “have been raging a heroic struggle against the Russian occupiers”. She thanked UNISON members in London for organising a delivery of 10 ambulances to Ukraine, saying it would “save many lives”. Military, financial and humanitarian assistance from the UK was also vital, but there is a desperate need for helmets and body armour for emergency care workers. “Russia is destroying all international standards,” said Ms Shvets. “There is incredible abuse and crime. The Geneva Conventions are being violated, as health teams and facilities have been targeted”. She said that 76 ambulances have been destroyed, while there have also been reports of medical staff and their patients taken away by Russian troops. “Our hospitals are not random targets.” A national specialised children’s hospital in Kyiv is among those shelled. A new hospital in the Sumy region, opened only last October, has also been attacked with tanks and mortars. “The Russian aggressor is razing villages and tow...
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