Delays in the U.K.'s National Health Service is driving some Ukrainian refugees to return home to get immediate medical treatment.
— Sasha has been struggling to sleep for weeks. She escaped the bullets and bombs raining down on her hometown of, in eastern Ukraine, and reached the U.K. as a refugee in December, but the effects of the war have left her with severe PTSD and anxiety.
Depression and panic attacks drove Sasha to seek an emergency appointment through Britain's National Health Service, the NHS, hoping to get a new prescription for medication. But Sasha found herself on a lengthy waiting list for an appointment, and now, despite the war still raging in her country, she's considering a drastic alternative — going back home to get immediate medical treatment.
Ambulances waiting at the Royal London hospital in London, Jan. 6, 2023, as flu cases continued to rise amid a winter surge, ambulance delays, and a hospital bed shortage."I come from quite a hot region in terms of the scale of the war you have over there, as it's in the very east of Ukraine," Sasha said. But still, she said she could"get an appointment just the next day."who have come to Britain seeking an escape from the dire conditions back home.
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