Ukraine war: Operating on a baby in the dark after missiles hit Kyivon December 7, 2022 at 2:17 am

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Doctors at Kyiv Heart Institute had to perform 10 surgeries without electricity when Russian missiles hit the city.

On 23 November when Russian missiles hit Kyiv, most of the city’s hospital was left without most of its power.

A team of doctors continued to work despite the outage; performing heart surgery on a baby under the dim light of handheld LED torches and some support from electrical generators.

During the day of the attack, Kyiv Heart Institute successfully completed 10 open-heart surgeries.

The BBC spoke to Professor Borys Todurov, who lead the teams as they operated in near-darkness.

Video by Gem O’Reilly

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