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Polish charity drive to raise funds for sick kids

29.01.2022 10:45
A high-profile Polish annual fundraiser called the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will be held on Sunday to collect money for pediatric care.
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Bohdan Maruszewski
Bohdan MaruszewskiPAP/Leszek Szymański

This time the charity drive, which is now in its 30th year, will be raising money to aid children's eye medicine, focusing its efforts on providing state-of-the-art medical equipment for public hospitals across the country.

In an interview with Klaudiusz Madeja, Bohdan Maruszewski, a pediatric cardiologist and one of the founders of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, reminisces about the effort’s most memorable moments.

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