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Displaced Ukrainian children with cancer forced to flee hospitals

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Ukrainian child cancer patients have vital chemo cut off as they flee to Poland

A heartbreaking BBC report shows the tragic toll the Russian invasion into Ukraine has had on child cancer patients forced to flee their hospitals and be evacuated to Poland.

BBC’s Mark Lowen shows patients being taken to a hotel to be examined, with the most urgent cases being sent to hospitals in Poland and across Europe.

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