Hospitals and doctors all over Europe work to get young patients out of Ukraine: "We have to do everything"
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Millions of people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. Some are dealing not only with the trauma of war but also with serious health conditions, like cancer.
Hundreds of young patients have made the dangerous trip out of their war-torn country to Poland, where they're now fighting a different battle. Two critical pediatric patients were driven by civilian volunteers overnight from Lviv to Warsaw. One of those patients, 13-year-old Kirill, was rushed into the operating room hours after his arrival. It was his 36th surgery.
Dr. Radek Chaber, the head of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology at the Medical University in Rzeszow, about an hour from the Ukrainian border, told CBS News they are treating patients from Ukraine that have serious conditions like cancer and hematological diseases.
