war in Ukraine

It’s been one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. The rumblings of war are felt in Orlando, where about a half-dozen wounded Ukrainian soldiers are being fitted for prosthetic legs.

The project began just before the pandemic in 2020 as an offshoot of an already established street medicine clinic run by USF faculty and students.

Tampa doctors advised a delegation from Ukraine about how to rehabilitate people wounded during the country's ongoing war with Russia. Ukrainian medical specialists say they expect some soldiers and civilians will need lifelong support.

Dr. Enrique Ginzburg, a surgeon with a passion for helping other doctors around the world care for trauma patients, recently went to Lviv in Ukraine to mentor physicians whose patients have suffered injuries during the war with Russia.

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are making it harder for the health care system to secure important supplies, including gases used in imaging and by dentists.