Ukrainian medics living at hospital on front line to save premature babies

Alina Haupt, an intern-doctor, holds premature baby Veronika (David Goldman/AP)

Echoing down the corridors of eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk Perinatal Hospital are the loud cries of tiny Veronika.

Born nearly two months prematurely weighing 3lb 4oz, she receives oxygen through a nasal tube to help her breathe while ultraviolet lamps inside an incubator treat her jaundice.