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Polish hospitals in bid to help sick Ukrainian kids

07.03.2022 07:00
Dozens of children with cancer have been evacuated from war-ravaged Ukraine to hospitals in Poland, with many more still on the way, according to a news station.
Demonstrators attend a rally outside the White House in Washington on Sunday to show support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
Demonstrators attend a rally outside the White House in Washington on Sunday to show support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia.Photo: EPA/WILL OLIVER

In the latest such effort, around 40 sick children, accompanied by their mothers and siblings, were transported from oncology clinics in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv to several major Polish cities in search of safe conditions for further treatment, the TVN24 news station has reported.

The evacuation was possible thanks to joint efforts by the Polish General Consulate in Lviv, the Medical University in the central Polish city of Łódź, and a cancer recovery foundation called Herosi, the broadcaster said.

Many of the children who arrived in Poland require high doses of chemotherapy to treat early-stage leukemia, according to doctors. Three of the young patients will get bone marrow transplants in the south-western city of Wrocław, TVN24 reported.

Poland has so far accepted around 70 Ukrainian children with cancer, but more are expected to arrive in the coming days, the head of the Herosi foundation told the broadcaster.

In all, some 1,000 cancer-stricken children need to be evacuated from Ukraine, TVN24 reported.

(pjm/gs)

Source: TVN24