Consequences of Occupation in Donetsk: Medical Neglect and Russian Exploitation
The temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk face a dire and deteriorating healthcare situation, far worse than during peacetime.
According to the National Resistance Center, residents are daily confronted with the absence of proper medical services.
Instead of adequate care, they are often provided with expired medications, iodine, bandages, and a handful of dubious pills, all sold at inflated prices.
Mobile medical units are dispatched only sporadically, sometimes lasting mere minutes in local villages like Amvrosiivka, and their supplies are extremely limited.
Serious medications are either unavailable or expired and sold at high prices.
Meanwhile, occupying authorities attempt to revive the ‘Stakhanov movement’ by forcing residents to purchase these substandard drugs due to the total lack of alternative healthcare options.
This underscores the complete absence of an effective healthcare system in the region, with the situation steadily worsening.
Previously, the Resistance Center reported that residents in the occupied territories of Ukraine began using fuel tokens for basic goods, waiting hours in queues and exchanging scarce supplies.
The healthcare crisis exemplifies the broader devastating impacts of occupation on civilian life, further stripping communities of essential services and dignity.