Naperville doctors and nurses left for the Poland-Ukraine border Wednesday night with $500,000 in medical supplies to help with the war effort.
"Chest tubes, ventilators, central lines, even gas masks just inside," said Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a critical care specialist and president of MedGlobal."Just in case, if the Russians have used chemical weapons."
President of the Chicago-based humanitarian non-governmental organization, Sahloul organized the effort to bring Chicagoland help to the Polish-Ukrainian border. He has been working closely with his colleagues in Ukraine. "Each one piece of luggage and instrument will save lives and this is our main goal," said Sahloul."But also our other goal is to let the Ukrainians know we are standing in solidarity with them."
Organizers said this effort started as just one or two people who were planning to go to Ukraine to help, but in five days, a miracle happened. It has ballooned to nine doctors and nurses and $500,000 worth of medical supplies all headed to the Ukrainian border with Poland Wednesday night.
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