Germany pledges medical aid to Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach speaks during a session of Germany's lower house of parliament, as the Bundestag is set to vote on several proposals introducing or blocking a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandate for the general population, in Berlin, Germany, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will help Ukraine provide medical help for war victims by helping build trauma centres for the wounded, donating prosthetic limbs and deploying German doctors to the country, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Friday.

"Ukraine needs humanitarian aid just as urgently as it needs our military support," the minister said during a visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.