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Olga is constantly on the move around the intensive care unit, meticulously checking her patients' oxygen levels, adjusting their medications, and monitoring their vital signs. Despite the hectic pace, the nurse anesthetist takes moments to adjust pillows and blankets, ensuring the injured soldiers under her care remain as comfortable as possible amidst the relentless movement and noise.
As a sergeant in the Ukrainian military, Olga is tasked with caring for some of the most critically ill patients. Her demanding job takes place on a high-speed medical evacuation train.
CNN was granted exclusive access to this specialized train, used by the Ukrainian army to transport wounded soldiers from near the frontlines to hospitals across the country. This mobile infirmary—one of several operating discreetly throughout Ukraine—has become a crucial component of the nation’s healthcare system, severely strained by two and a half years of relentless conflict with Russia. Due to security reasons, CNN is withholding details about the train's route and the full identities of its staff.
In eastern Ukraine, where hospitals struggle to accommodate the near-constant influx of casualties, transferring critically ill patients often means sending them to distant locations, sometimes hundreds of miles away. Ambulance journeys are too risky for those in critical condition, and helicopters are too vulnerable given Russia’s air superiority.
In this context, the medical evacuation train is a vital lifeline.
As a sergeant in the Ukrainian military, Olga is tasked with caring for some of the most critically ill patients. Her demanding job takes place on a high-speed medical evacuation train.
CNN was granted exclusive access to this specialized train, used by the Ukrainian army to transport wounded soldiers from near the frontlines to hospitals across the country. This mobile infirmary—one of several operating discreetly throughout Ukraine—has become a crucial component of the nation’s healthcare system, severely strained by two and a half years of relentless conflict with Russia. Due to security reasons, CNN is withholding details about the train's route and the full identities of its staff.
In eastern Ukraine, where hospitals struggle to accommodate the near-constant influx of casualties, transferring critically ill patients often means sending them to distant locations, sometimes hundreds of miles away. Ambulance journeys are too risky for those in critical condition, and helicopters are too vulnerable given Russia’s air superiority.
In this context, the medical evacuation train is a vital lifeline.
