Public health in a war zone and could sanctions hurt Germany more than Putin? To discuss Pat was joined on the show by  Thomas Sparrow, German Correspondent, Alexey Rashevskiy, Russian based in Dublin and Dr. Hamza Al-kateab  Syrian doctor, human rights activist and public health advocate.

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