Two Polish organizations have sent medical equipment to a children’s hospital in Kyiv that was hit in a Russian missile strike earlier this month.
The Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital, the country’s largest, was hit on July 8, with two people killed and at least 16 injured. The strike came as part of a rocket barrage that killed dozens nationally and left over 100 wounded. Poland’s health minister said after the attack that her country stood ready to help.
The Polish embassy in Kyiv reported on the X platform on Monday that the supplies had arrived.
"The Children's Memorial Health Institute and diplomats of the Polish embassy in Kyiv donated WOŚP-funded medical equipment to help save children’s lives at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, which was destroyed on July 8 by Russian rocket attacks," the embassy wrote.
The Kyiv pediatric facility has received two hemodialysis machines and other medical supplies as well as toys, the vice president of the Polish Medical Association in Ukraine, Halina Kozinkiewicz, told Polish state news agency PAP.
She added that the Children's Memorial Health Institute had supported Ukrainian child patients since the start of the war in 2022, having performed five liver transplants and around 2,500 other procedures.
WOŚP reports on its website that, since the war’s outbreak, it has pledged more than 16 million złoty (€3.73 million) in aid to hospitals across Ukraine.
The Polish embassy in Kyiv reported on the X platform on Monday that the supplies had arrived.
"The Children's Memorial Health Institute and diplomats of the Polish embassy in Kyiv donated WOŚP-funded medical equipment to help save children’s lives at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, which was destroyed on July 8 by Russian rocket attacks," the embassy wrote.
The Warsaw-based Children's Memorial Health Institute is a leading teaching hospital and the biggest and best equipped pediatric facility in Poland according to its website, while WOŚP is a major charity initiative that holds a national fundraising appeal every year during the festive period, with the money earmarked for supporting hospitals, mostly in Poland.Instytut "Pomnik-Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka" wraz z dyplomatami z Ambasady RP w Kijowie przekazali zniszczonemu 8 lipca przez 🇷🇺 ataki rakietowe szpitalowi Ohmatdyt ufundowany przez WOŚP sprzęt ratujący dziecięce życie pic.twitter.com/8fkisUxrrY
— PLinUkraine (@PLinUkraine) July 29, 2024
The Kyiv pediatric facility has received two hemodialysis machines and other medical supplies as well as toys, the vice president of the Polish Medical Association in Ukraine, Halina Kozinkiewicz, told Polish state news agency PAP.
She added that the Children's Memorial Health Institute had supported Ukrainian child patients since the start of the war in 2022, having performed five liver transplants and around 2,500 other procedures.
WOŚP reports on its website that, since the war’s outbreak, it has pledged more than 16 million złoty (€3.73 million) in aid to hospitals across Ukraine.
Source: PAP, wosp.org.pl
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