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Resilience of Ukrainian People Impresses Physician Assistant Who Took Part in Medical Aid Mission

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Boarded up windows in a bomb-damaged building in Ukraine. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

Boarded up windows in a bomb-damaged building in Ukraine. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

A memorial to Ukrainian war dead in Kyiv. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

A memorial to Ukrainian war dead in Kyiv. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

A badly damaged building in Ukraine. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

A badly damaged building in Ukraine. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

Physician assistant John Reilly, left, with his Ukrainian translator, with a patient. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

Physician assistant John Reilly, left, with his Ukrainian translator, with a patient. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

Physician assistant John Reilly, left, exams a patient. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

Physician assistant John Reilly, left, exams a patient. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

Ukrainians wait for medical care. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

Ukrainians wait for medical care. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

The Global Care Force team in Ukraine. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

The Global Care Force team in Ukraine. COURTESY JOHN REILLY

authorStephen J. Kotz on Apr 15, 2024
John Reilly, a physician assistant from Shelter Island, who spent the first half of March on a medical aid mission to Ukraine, described his experience as “amazing” before quickly stopping... more

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