200 healthcare facilities hit in Ukraine, WHO reports

200 healthcare facilities hit in Ukraine, WHO reports
# 08 May 2022 15:39 (UTC +04:00)

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has documented 200 attacks on healthcare centres in Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion on 24 February, APA reports citing BBC.

WHO's emergencies director Mike Ryan told a news conference that it would pass its findings on to those who could assess whether crimes had been committed.

During the same news conference, WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged Moscow to stop waging a war on its neighbour and told Ukrainians "WHO stands by you".

Ukraine's Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said 40 hospitals in Ukraine had been completely destroyed.

Lyashko was quoted by the Unian news agency saying that "about 500 hospitals were damaged, in which medical care cannot be provided".

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