TOH edition: Wednesday, 21 October 2026 · Health & Medicine
Lifesaving knowledge can cross borders—even in darkness: Ukrainian responders trained with Irish medics by torchlight
Reported by RTÉ News
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Five Irish medical professionals taught trauma care to 120 participants in Kyiv, continuing by torchlight when power disruptions interrupted classes. Their visit was part of the UCD Ukraine Trauma Project, which has trained more than 1,000 Ukrainian first responders over four years.
Sharing practical medical skills gives people responding to wartime injuries more ways to help casualties, although the report does not establish how many lives the training has saved.
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