Rochester Child Neurology Aid Shipment for Ukraine
Today $6,071.50 worth of prescription medications started its journey to Ukraine. This shipment (62 lbs / 28.1 kg) contains mostly anti-seizure medications, although we also included ondansetron, a commonly used anti-emetic. These medications were purchased with your generous donations from Blessings International through our partners at InterVol.
Blessings International shipped today to Nova Poshta’s New Jersey office, and Nova Poshta will then ship to Lviv, Ukraine. From there, the anti-seizure medications are tagged for the Kharkiv City Children’s Neurological Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. We anticipate the shipment will arrive in a week to ten days.
The inventory of the shipment is as follows:
| ITEM | COUNT |
|---|---|
| Levetiracetam 250mg tabs (120 tabs) | 101 |
| Levetiracetam 500mg tabs (120 tabs) | 90 |
| Phenytoin sodium 50mg/ml 2ml (single dose vial) | 90 |
| Valproic acid 250mg caps (100 caps) | 40 |
| Ondansetron 4 mg tabs (30 tabs) | 156 |
We are redoubling our efforts, and we will not tire. We have already drawn up the order for our next shipment of prescription medications. And another after that. We are also working closely with the national task force of US neurologists and epileptologists in other cities sending medical aid. And we are exploring how to expand our work to include other pediatric specialists to broaden our reach and increase the number of Ukrainian patients we can help.
We are still accepting donations!
We are collecting monetary donations to support the purchase of medical supplies and non-controlled substance medications now for Ukrainian hospitals. Go to our fundraising page to contribute.
We are a non-profit organized under the Rochester Regional Health Foundations.
