#StandWithUkraine. Children of the war from evacuated maternity hospitals

Sergey Baksheev, obstetrician-gynecologist from Kyiv.

First children of war are born.

Maternity hospitals are evacuated to the basements in Kyiv and suburbs because of Russian Attacks with bombs. Neonatologists, reanimations, baby care spots all are and the ground hiding in cold areas without heating and toilet.

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Bypass of the neonatologist.

The first baby was delivered to this world in Kyiv. Welcome home.

Examination of the child on the second day of life. These children will be called the Children of War.

Every house and every basement is equipped with places to escape from Russian bombs.

Evacuation to the basement with newborns. The howl of sirens are the first that mothers hear after childbirth, I want to believe that children of 1-3 days of life will not hear or remember this.

Operating nurses, intensive care nurses, and midwives.

Neonatologist and child nurse on a ventilator in the military conditions of the Russian war in Ukraine.

Intensive care unit for newborns and women.

A young mother is persuaded by a doctor not to go home while there is a fire attack!

Pediatrician examines babies in a shelter.