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Samaritan’s Purse, Israelis Will Treat Wounded Ukrainians in Lviv Field Hospitals

While he has previously stated that he opposes sanctions against Russia, on Monday Graham said in an interview that sanctions were needed.

“In this particular case, we need to put all the pressure we can to get this war to come to an end, and sanctions may help push it along,” he said.

A Samaritan’s Purse emergency field hospital is assembled in an underground parking garage in Lviv, western Ukraine. Photo courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse

Samaritan’s Purse field hospitals have been deployed around the world in the past two years in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization set up hospitals in Cremona, Italy, New York City and Los Angeles to help overstretched hospitals treat a flood of people infected with the coronavirus.

But the field hospitals have also been deployed in response to natural disasters and in war zones. The first Samaritan’s Purse field hospital was set up in 2016 in response to the earthquake in Ecuador. The humanitarian organization also set up an emergency field hospital about 12 miles from Mosul, Iraq, during the 2016–17 battle for the city. In 2019, it installed a field hospital in the Bahamas in response to Hurricane Dorian.

This may be the first time a field hospital is going underground, which will help ward off rain, snow, wind and mud. Graham said heated hospital tents are being assembled now and that Samaritan’s Purse may also open a clinic in Moldova.

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This article originally appeared on ReligionNews.com.