The federal government announced it would reinstate the role in February in recognition of the central role nurses played in keeping healthcare afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Brian Nadler was initially charged with first-degree murder last year in the death of 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital.
Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February, three hospitals in government-controlled areas of the country's war-torn Donetsk region had facilities to care for premature babies.