PRZEMYSL, Poland (KDVR) — On the same day Russian bombs, drones and missiles smashed into southern Ukrainian cities, killing six and injuring 30 others, a medical volunteer from Colorado was hard at work in the war-torn country.
Doug Amis is aware of the peril, and it’s not the first time he’s run toward the danger that so many others run from.
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“The way I look at it is, if I can, I should,” Doug Amis, a physician’s assistant from Castle Rock, told FOX31.
He’s on his third program in Ukraine with a Lenexa, Kansas, non-profit called Global Care Force . They send teams of medical and trauma workers to Ukraine monthly to help local residents get the healthcare they need. It’s the only medical care many Ukrainians have received since the war started.
“Not a lot of people have the availability or the temperament to be able to do those kinds of things, and I figure because I can, I should,” he told FOX31’s Jeremy Hubbard, who will be traveling with the volunteer team in Ukraine this week, documenting the work they’re doing to rebuild lives that have been shattered by a war that’s dragged on for nearly three years.