His left leg was completely blown off, the other badly injured by shrapnel. When his neighbors tried to take him to the hospital, they were blocked by a Russian army checkpoint. Imran spent an entire night losing blood, without medical attention or any drugs to ease the pain. When he finally made it to the Stari Atagi hospital the next day, the doctors could do little except amputate his leg. As a result, the wounded die from lack of care.
Many women now give birth outside hospitals.
Before the war, the maternity hospital in Grozny had a 60-bed capacity, where in October, only 25 women are admitted. At night, passing through checkpoints becomes even more uncertain and dangerous for the wounded. After dark it's impossible to move around - even for the medical staff or to get patients to the hospital. Just the other day a local elder was shot. For over two hours we couldn't get him to the hospital.