Longtime nurse Tatyana Safonova says looking after her country's diminishing World War Two veterans is not only her duty, but a privilege, as is the maintenance of the hospital in southeastern Belarus where many of those same veterans receive treatment.
"Our veterans deserve the best conditions. They are respected people," Safonova said from the bedside of an 88-year-old patient at the Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital for World War Two Veterans.
Safonova said the hospital had recently become more comfortable for both staff and patients, thanks to 565 new energy efficient windows and more than 25 hundred energy-saving lamps.