The race to save Ukrainian infant's life after hospital strike
Two adults were killed at Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, and dozens were wounded when a missile struck the facility. Many patients, relatives, and staff had fled to basements in time to avoid the worst of the blast. Oleh Holubchenko's team was in the middle of surgery on five-month-old Taras when an explosive wave sent the medics flying across the room. Shards of glass tore into Holubchenko's back and his colleague Ihor Kolodka's face. The baby remained in place on the table, surrounded by shattered equipment and five bleeding adults. "Is everyone alive?" Holubchenko recalls shouting. Anesthesiologist Yaroslav Ivanov grabbed the manual resuscitator to keep the baby breathing after the ventilator broke. Worried the ceiling would collapse, some team members ran to the basement with Taras. These were the dramatic moments after a missile struck Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in central Kyiv on Monday, an assault that shocked Ukrainians and prompted angry cond...