Help for Ukraine: OHSU members collect donations, volunteer to assist

OHSU delivers thousand of pounds of basic essentials, medical supplies; some provide aid on the ground

By Erik Robinson June 16, 2022 Portland, Oregon

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Former OHSU speech and language pathologist Mila Volyanyuk holds a Ukrainian child who had been evacuated to the western city of Lviv. (Courtesy of Volyanyuk)

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OHSU property specialist James Pavlock unloads OHSU donations for Ukraine at Delta Logistics in Wilsonville on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. This was OHSU’s final Ukraine donations drop off to Delta Logistics in Wilsonville. Delta Logistics then transported these items to Seattle, where they were loaded onto an airplane headed for Poland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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OHSU employees donated thousands of items to help the people in war-torn Ukraine. Items included several pallets of medical supplies, including surgical gowns, masks, medical gloves, PDI wipes, sutures and syringes. Other donated items included diapers, clothing, batteries and toiletries. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Stephen Donnelly, M.D. (OHSU)