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The Australian soldier who lost his foot and hand after stepping on a landmine in Ukraine has abandoned his bid for government help to get home after being savaged online. Casey Gadaleta, 38, had been pushing for a medevac flight, saying his medical care in Ukraine ’s overwhelmed public hospital system had been sub-standard. In an exclusive interview with 7 NEWS from his hospital bed in Kyiv, he spoke of how he hadn’t received first aid for 20 hours, then waited three weeks for surgery.
He said with the federal government spending over a billion dollars in military support and aid for Ukraine, he didn’t think it was too much to ask for help with a medevac home. “As you can see from my injuries I would think that I could get a flight home you know, just a medevac. “I sacrificed my body and I was willing to sacrifice my life.” But another Australian soldier with 11 years in Ukraine has slammed Gadaleta’s treatment.
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