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Doctor wounded as shell hits hospital in Donetsk

When a shell hit a hall in the hospital, a surgeon was wounded and five elderly patients got blast injuries

DONETSK, January 19. /TASS/. A doctor was wounded when one of shells fired by Ukrainian forces hit a hospital in Donetsk, the Donetsk news agency said on Monday, citing the Emergencies Ministry.

When a shell hit a hall in the hospital, a surgeon was wounded and five elderly patients got blast injuries, the Emergencies Ministry of the Donetsk People’s Republic said.

The blast broke windows on the fourth and fifth floors and damaged the heat system in the building. Patients were taken to other rooms on the ground floor.