Cardiac hospitals still treating patients as war in Ukraine continues

The cardiac surgery post-op recovery area in the basement of Heart Institute hospital in Kyiv. Cardiac surgeon Igor Mokryk MD, said clinical operations were moved into the hospital's bomb shelter shortly after the launch of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but they are still treating patients.

The cardiac surgery post-op recovery area in the basement of Heart Institute in Kyiv. Cardiac surgeon Igor Mokryk MD, said clinical operations were moved into the hospital's bomb shelter shortly after the launch of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but they are still treating patients.

Despite the Russian invasion, many Ukrainian cardiologists are staying behind to treat patients.