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Ukrainian kids are now receiving life-saving cancer treatment at Manchester Children’s Hospital
A team of NHS doctors and nurses also travelled to Poland to provide the children with medical support
Some of Ukraine’s most vulnerable children have been receiving ‘the best possible care’ at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Twenty one Ukrainian children were flown to England at the weekend, all of whom needed specialist cancer care.
All the children received health assessments from NHS staff, and have now been triaged to seven hospitals across England – the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool included – to get specialised clinical support to meet each patient’s specific needs.
Professor John-Paul Kilday, a Paediatric Oncologist at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital told ITV News that the children and their parents are ‘extremely tired and anxious’ but ‘grateful for the help they are receiving’.
He said: “These children and their parents are extremely tired after coming from a war zone, they are extremely anxious but grateful for the help they are receiving, and we are proud to be a part of this.”
A team of NHS doctors, nurses and technicians also travelled to Poland to provide the children and their families medical support as they fled the war-hit country.
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has thanked the NHS staff for their support, saying in a statement: “These brave children have overcome unimaginable adversity to make it to England after being forced out of their home country by the Russian invasion.
“I thank the doctors, nurses and technicians who travelled to Poland to evacuate them, and the Polish government for their support.
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“These children are now in the safest of hands with NHS staff providing world-class cancer treatment, doing everything they can to support them over the coming days and weeks.”
NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard added: “Today is a lifeline for children in the most vulnerable circumstances imaginable.
“Anyone who has experienced cancer knows it is an ordeal for friends and relatives too.
“So I’m proud that not only have NHS staff been able to put their world-class skill to work to save the lives of these young people, but that in doing so, my colleagues in the health service are providing hope to our new patients’ families.”