Australian Red Cross man warns Ukraine teeters on brink of health crisis

By Nick Miller
Updated July 23 2016 - 10:28pm, first published 12:15am
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison,
biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison, biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison,
biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison, biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison,
biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison, biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison,
biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison, biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison,
biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison, biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison,
biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin
ICRC in Belobodsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Mike Denison, biomedical engineer of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in delegation in Ukraine, checks status of medical equipment in Belovodsk hospital and maternity centre. Photo: Maks Levin

A lifetime ago Mike Denison started his first job in a government aircraft factory making guided weapons.

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