Students without experience are being recruited into medicine in occupied Luhansk
In the occupied Luhansk region, the acute shortage of medical staff is being addressed by recruiting first-year students with no proper basic training. This practice poses serious risks to patients’ health and safety.
This was reported with reference to a publication by the National Resistance Center.
A new programme is formally presented as an early career start, but in practice it turns into the exploitation of young specialists.
Students are put to work without proper training
First-year medical students are being forced to work in hospitals in junior medical staff positions, ostensibly to gain practical experience. However, these students lack knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, or clinical reasoning, making their involvement in medical procedures extremely risky.
Dangerous consequences of the staffing model
According to insider information, in a number of institutions students are involved in procedures that require professional training, while supervision by experienced medical personnel is limited or entirely absent. As a result, mistakes are becoming a systemic problem, and the population is effectively deprived of safe and comprehensive medical care.
Lowering standards and exploitation of students
The occupation administration presents the situation as an educational initiative, concealing the collapse of the healthcare system. In reality, students are being used to fill staffing gaps, the quality of treatment is declining, risks to patients are increasing, and responsibility is being shifted onto untrained young specialists.
It is worth recalling that a disease forgotten since the First World War is returning due to the war in Ukraine.
It should also be noted that the Russian Federation is targeting Ukrainian medics with drones.
In addition, the occupiers are sending wounded soldiers on crutches to assault positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
