The school where Tatiana was worked was charred by Russian shelling. –What was life like in the hospital? There is a large window in the hospital room. Patients were housed in the corridors, not in their rooms, because of the danger of glass shattering from the impact of shells. The area was heavily shelled, the building shook with each explosion, glass and doors blew out, and people cried out in terror. It was very scary. Injured people were constantly being brought in, and doctors were doing their best to operate and provide relief. They are the true unsung heroes who stayed at the hospital for over a month and worked hard to save lives. I pray that they escaped from hell and are still alive today. –So you felt you were in danger even though you were in the hospital? The tremors of the military planes flying overhead and the explosions that followed were very frightening. From my window, I could see the burning high-rise apartments. The injured were brought in from the area of the explosion, many of them without arms or legs. An obstetrics and gynecology hospital in the center of town was also bombed. Pregnant women and women with babies were brought in from there. Some of the injured women unfortunately did not survive. The hospital had almost all the windows broken and the corridors were very cold. There were no lights and the generator only supplied power to the operating rooms. They also ran out of food. Hospital staff were searching for food from broken warehouses and other places to at least make soup for the patients.
