Event 1032

{
  "category": "Kinetic",
  "confidence": "High",
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "description": "Eastern European and Baltic countries are actively preparing their hospitals for wartime conditions amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Countries such as Lithuania are retrofitting hospitals to withstand attacks and ensure continuous healthcare delivery during escalations. Authorities are addressing shortages in medical supplies and boosting training for medical personnel on trauma care and wartime healthcare practices. These measures reflect heightened regional concerns over potential spillover from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with hospitals seen as critical infrastructure for national resilience.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-10-16T00:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Europe’s frontier countries ready their hospitals for war – POLITICO",
    "Lithuania has been converting a hospital basement into an air-raid shelter and stockpiling medical supplies in preparation for possible Russian attacks.",
    "Hospitals in the Baltic states are focusing on trauma medicine training and organizing drills to handle mass casualties in wartime.",
    "Medical staff report lingering trauma and the psychological burden of preparing for a potential health crisis due to war.",
    "The measures are part of broader national strategies to increase resilience as the conflict in Ukraine continues near their borders."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "evidence": [
          "Europe’s frontier countries ready their hospitals for war – POLITICO",
          "Lithuania has been converting a hospital basement into an air-raid shelter and stockpiling medical supplies in preparation for possible Russian attacks.",
          "Hospitals in the Baltic states are focusing on trauma medicine training and organizing drills to handle mass casualties in wartime.",
          "Medical staff report lingering trauma and the psychological burden of preparing for a potential health crisis due to war.",
          "The measures are part of broader national strategies to increase resilience as the conflict in Ukraine continues near their borders."
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "location_text": "Lithuania",
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  "schema_version": "v1",
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  "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/eastern-europe-baltics-hospitals-wartime-preparation-health-care-russia-ukraine/"
}

{
  "source": "admin_quick",
  "tags": [],
  "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/eastern-europe-baltics-hospitals-wartime-preparation-health-care-russia-ukraine/"
}