Genoa, two other children and a boy arriving at Gaslini from Ukraine
by Editorial staff
They will be taken care of by the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy specialists. Meanwhile, the fundraising managed by Gaslini Onlus for small refugees has reached 92,471 euros
They will arrive tonight at Malpensa two children and a boy Ukrainian with their family and they will be immediately transported to the Gaslini Hospital with a minibus made available by 118.
The little patients, suffering from serious pathologies, they will be taken care of by UOC specialists Gastroenterology and Endoscopy digestive directed by Paolo Ganduli and of the UOC Pediatric Neurology and Muscle Diseases directed by Pasquale Striano.
“After the first 11 Ukrainian children have already been taken care of, today we are hosting three more children at Gaslini for the necessary checks, afterwards they will be housed in apartments made available by the regional Civil Protection. All the little patients from the town of Rzeszów, in Poland, where the Institute was in service until last week for a national coordination of the management of this emergency, through the sending of a pediatric medical and nursing team, led by Dr. Andrea Moscatelli, Director of the Emergency Department and Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, which even after returning to Italy, continues to take care of children who can no longer be treated in Ukraine, collaborating with the Civil Protection for the transfer of children and their families on the means of transport available to Italian hospitals “ Raffaele explains Spiazzi health director of Gaslini.
Gaslini has already made the first 14 places available to respond not only to cancer patients, but also to children suffering from other serious diseases and those injured by the war. As a polyclinic equipped with all the pediatric specialties, it is ready to receive and treat all the little ones who must have the need for highly complex care.
“The commitment of Liguria and in particular of our pediatric institute for war continues to welcome and offer the best possible health care to sick children fleeing with their families – explained the president of the Liguria Region and councilor for health Giovanni Toti – The arrival in Genoa of these minors, expected in the evening at the Gaslini, is made possible thanks to the work of the extraordinary professionals of the hospital who went to Poland and to the full collaboration at all levels with our Civil Protection. My thanks also go to all the Ligurians who, once again demonstrating their great generosity, responded precisely to the fundraising promoted by Gaslini for humanitarian aid in progress “.
Many different people and resources can be collected these days to bring help and are proposed to coordinate funds dedicated to these children: therefore resources in the most efficient way possible the hospital has asked Gaslini Onlus to adopt a collection for the most efficient resources the Ukrainian emergency destined to the first necessities of taking care of the children and also to welcome and secure their families.
The collection has already reached i 92,471 euro in two weeks. In addition to the needs related to the assistance, care and transport of Ukrainian patients, there remains the problem related to their reception during the period in which families who are fleeing the war with their seriously ill children or are intercepted at the border or in the reception centers by our doctors, and Italians for the time of transfer to the hospitals. Part of the funds from the “Gaslini hospitality” collection have already been used to cope with this difficulty to guarantee initial hospitality In Poland, before moving to Italy – with beds and hot dishes – in a boarding house in Rzeszow, transformed into a “reception center”.
Thanks to the generous participation of many large and small donors in the Gaslini collection, it will also be possible to transport other pediatric patients to the excellent facilities available on the national territory, starting from next week.
It is possible to participate in the fundraising with donation online through the crowdfunding platform:
https://sostienici.gaslinionlus.it/projects/gaslini-per-ucraina