The humble bravery of a young neurologist from Kyiv

15 Mar 2022 Healthcare

Aleksandra Shchebet takes a selfie in a warehouse in Lutsk where she spends long days packing up donated food and medical supplies. The neurologist from Kyiv, who turns 37 on Sunday, March 20, fled the bombing but stayed in Ukraine to help by offering consultations online and on the phone as well as volunteering in the warehouse. Aleksandra Shchebet

Before the sun came up on the morning of Feb. 24, Aleksandra Shchebet woke to the sound of explosions some 25 miles away from her home in Kyiv. First one, then another, then more.

That's when her dad called and said, "Did you hear Putin started war?" Shchebet was incredulous. "It took me a few hours to realize it's not a joke, it's not a bad movie and I'm in it already," she says.

Shchebet and a friend who lived next door went to a bomb shelter. But as the day wore on, Shchebet realized she needed to evacuate the city. By 9 that night, she left behind all she owned and drove west in two cars with her grandmother, parents, brother, sister-in-law, 3-year-old nephew and two friends. They drove 24 hours without sleeping. Finally, they arrived in Lutsk, a city in northwest Ukraine near Poland and Belarus that seemed far from the frontlines. They found an apartment to rent and that's where they stayed...

The article is published in https://www.npr.org/

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