WHO: 'Russia has attacked Ukrainian medical institutions 620 times'

Since the beginning of the war on February 24, the Russian military has attacked Ukrainian medical institutions 620 times, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said, Report informs via RBC-Ukraine.

"The attack on healthcare must stop. Healthcare systems, facilities and healthcare workers are not targets and should never be," Kluge said.

Kluge also noted that the WHO is making continuous efforts to increase the capacity and morale of exhausted health workers. During this time, about 11,000 medical workers have been trained in various topics, including trauma surgery, mass casualties, chemical exposure, epidemiology and laboratory diagnostics.