More than 400 Ukrainian children with cancer have been evacuated for treatment abroad since the start of the war, according to the Ukrainian Presidency.
The flights to transfer Ukrainian children with cancer who are in the combat zones were organized with the help of the leadership of foreign countries and agreements between the first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and the first ladies of other countries, said a statement from the presidency. .
The flights began in the “first weeks of the war through cooperation with voluntary and medical organizations,” the statement added.
“To ensure the safety of children with cancer, they are first brought to Lviv — to the Specialized Children’s Medical Center of Western Ukraine (ZUSDMC),” the statement said, adding that “then, accompanied by medical teams, young patients together with their relatives are taken to the Republic of Poland to a specially created Unicorn clinic. There, the children are referred for permanent treatment in Poland or other European countries.”
“Currently, more than 400 young patients continue treatment in peaceful countries,” according to the statement.
Zelenska also thanked all the doctors involved in the effort on her Facebook page and wrote about each doctor’s story at the Western Ukraine Specialized Children’s Medical Center.
“It’s time to introduce the doctors who do all this, who live on the job, treat not only illnesses but also souls, because during the war they became psychologists, counselors, friends, family for those in need,” she wrote.
Source: CNN Brasil
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