War | Ukraine | Pharmacy | Aoui | Verona
The Municipality of Verona, among the continuous initiatives to support the emergency for the war in Ukraine, will make an intermediary with the hospital (Aoui) for the purchase of drugs from Ukrainian hospitals. In this way, the appeal of the Malve association of Ukraine, active in Verona and recognized by the Ukrainian embassy in Rome, is answered to have an official channel for the purchase of highly specific drugs. Medicines that are indispensable but at the same time impossible to buy except through the hospital pharmacy circuit.
The novelty was illustrated by the mayor of Verona Federico Sboarina, who adopted the commitment shown for the Ukrainian people. “In addition to all the initiatives we have already undertaken such as the collection and shipment of food and medicines in the civil protection center in Quadrante Europa, and the reception of refugees, we are also giving important help on the bureaucratic aspects – he said – linguistic support with cultural mediators, without leaving economic aid. It is our goal to give a 360-degree hand, not only through working with the embassy, but also by supporting associations such as Malve of Ukraine which, thanks to an important presence in the area, is doing a great job of communication ».
“Unfortunately the type of request for certain drugs is giving us the dimension of the seriousness of the war situation in Ukraine – added the pharmacist and president of the fifth commission of the Municipality of Verona Gianmarco Padovani – At the beginning of the conflict they were due to injuries to the start and sutures, as well as medications for the disease, for diabetics or for the thyroid gland. Now we have risen in rank, with requests for antagonists of organophosphorus poisons, those used also in the Second World War that cause neuromuscular paralysis with slow death, as well as the request for death bags ».
Therefore, the needs are growing, while the attention and donations are slightly decreasing, as reported by the volunteer of Malve of Ukraine Antonina Bekysh: «We still need food, but also ambulances, therefore economic funds, without forgetting medicines. The war is constantly evolving and the situation is by no means calm. We try to act as an intermediary to the refugees who arrive at the station, trying to give them help from the smallest to the most complicated requests ».
When the conflict broke out on Ukrainian territory, Malve of Ukraine stood out in the collection of humanitarian aid. To support the humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing war, he developed the project for “Life Boxes”, cardboard boxes that contain a precise list of foods, medicines and hygiene products, easy to carry by hand, to which In addition, fundraising and shipping of basic necessities and first aid are added.
For those who make a donation to the association, the IBAN is IT09U0501811700000017159963 at Banca Etica, Verona branch. So far 133 trucks have been shipped to Ukraine, for a total of over 1,340 tons of humanitarian aid, 22 ambulances, 30 civilian evacuation vehicles, 1 34-seater bus and 10 trucks have been purchased. In addition, 2,000 tourniquets and the same number of Israeli bandages were delivered, drugs necessary for cancer patients and constant therapies for the thyroid, as well as insulin for diabetic patients.
And on the reception of refugees at the Verona Porta Nuova station, the volunteers of Malve di Ukraine promoted the new arrivals to orient themselves, to buy tickets if they are in transit or to communicate with the Ulss 9 Scaligera managers for Covid tampons and with civil protection volunteers for quarantine housing. Currently there are over 2,000 presences in Verona registered by the Police Headquarters.
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And the vice president of Malve di Ukraine Marina Sorina will also be the speaker at a meeting organized by the Circolo Pd of the eighth district of Verona. The public meeting is entitled “War in Ukraine – Russian oligarchs in Verona – Contacts with the political and economic world of Verona”, will be held on Friday 29 April at 8.30 pm in the Giovanni Paolo II Room in Montorio and will be attended by Senator Vincenzo D ‘ Arienzo.