Ukrainian drone pilot Andriy has been using his graphic pencil to draw the horrors he has witnessed during the war, including the agonizing death of a close friend. One of his most powerful drawings portrays a wounded soldier, surrounded by corpses and raising a hand in a call for water. Andriy watched this soldier for hours through his drone’s camera, before realizing it was someone he knew. Despite the horrors he’s witnessed, Andriy remains determined to fight for Ukraine’s survival.
Isabelle Granito, a nurse from Quebec’s Laurentians region, is seeking accountability after being forced to clean up her husband’s body after he died suddenly at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Jacques Richard, 52, died of a heart attack last year, and Granito arrived at the hospital to find his body lying on a stretcher in the resuscitation room, covered in biological fluids and with a tube still in place. Despite Granito’s pleas for assistance, she was told there was no one available and had to clean up her husband’s body herself. Granito, who has worked as a nurse for 26 years, is now suffering from post-traumatic stress and is considering leaving the profession. She plans to file complaints with the MUHC and the Quebec Order of Nurses.
