UKRAINE / WHO REGIONAL DIRECTOR

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In an interview in Dnipro, Ukraine, WHO Regional Director for Europe said, “as a medical doctor myself, I am so saddened and actually outraged to see that those attacks on health and healthcare facilities continue.” WHO

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STORY: UKRAINE / WHO REGIONAL DIRECTOR
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DATELINE: 23 NOVEMBER 2022, DNIPRO, UKRAINE

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1. Various shots, UN vehicles
2. Various shots, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge arrival for Hospital visit
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, Regional Director for Europe, World Health Organization (WHO):
“As a medical doctor myself, I am so saddened and actually outraged to see that those attacks on health and healthcare facilities continue. As of today, WHO has reported objectively above 700 attacks on healthcare. This is a very clear breach of international law. Health should never be a target.”
4. Various shots, Dr. Kluge attending a meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, Regional Director for Europe, WHO:
“The winter will be a threat for millions and millions of Ukraine people. I have seen it. In fact, now the temperature is hovering around zero degrees Celsius. But soon it will plummet down to -20. Right now there is a blackout in the whole city and the whole oblast. How can hospital function without electricity? How can maternity wards function without incubators vaccine storage, without fridges? So we really have to anticipate urgently the needs. I'm very grateful to President Macron and President Zelenskyi for organizing the conference in December in Paris on winterization. What are the concrete needs to anticipate during the winter?”
6. Various shots, Dr. Kluge’s delegation visiting hospital led by Dr. Natalia But
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Dr. Natalia But, General Director of Central Hospital #4 in Dnipro:
“Today, and all the time since the first day of the war, for us the support of European and American agencies and organizations is very important. We are very grateful that we have not been left alone since the first day of the war. Our country has developed a system that allows us to deliver healthcare and evacuate patients who can’t be treated here. We are sincerely grateful to the state, regional and city organizations, as well as to all European and American countries that support us. Thank you, thank you very much!”
8. Various shots, hospital visit

STORYLINE:

In an interview today (23 Nov) in Dnipro, Ukraine, WHO Regional Director for Europe said, “as a medical doctor myself, I am so saddened and actually outraged to see that those attacks on health and healthcare facilities continue.”

As of today, WHO has reported objectively above 700 attacks on healthcare.

Dr. Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge said, “this is a very clear breach of international law. Health should never be a target.”

He noted that the winter will be a threat for millions and millions of Ukraine people.

Kluge said, “I have seen it. In fact, now the temperature is hovering around zero degrees Celsius. But soon it will plummet down to -20. Right now, there is a blackout in the whole city and the whole oblast. How can hospital function without electricity? How can maternity wards function without incubators vaccine storage, without fridges?”

The WHO Regional Director for Europe emphasized, “So we really have to anticipate urgently the needs. I'm very grateful to President Macron and President Zelenskyi for organizing the conference in December in Paris on winterization. What are the concrete needs to anticipate during the winter?”

Also in an interview today, the General Director of Central Hospital #4 in Dnipro, Dr Natalia But said, “today, and all the time since the first day of the war, for us the support of European and American agencies and organizations is very important.”

She added, “We are very grateful that we have not been left alone since the first day of the war.”

Dr. But also said, “Our country has developed a system that allows us to deliver healthcare and evacuate patients who can’t be treated here,” adding in, “We are sincerely grateful to the state, regional and city organizations, as well as to all European and American countries that support us. Thank you, thank you very much!”
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