A hospital in Bath is encouraging residents to help them support people in Ukraine thanks to the launch of a new gift list style website to provide urgent medical supplies.
The new gift list website | Image © Circle Health
People can purchase various medical items on the website, after which the goods will be packaged, dispatched and delivered by Circle Health Group, the Bath Clinic’s owner, working with their logistics partners at their Enfield warehouse.
Items include vital equipment for treating sick and wounded patients, such as ventilators, crutches, walking frames, respiratory masks, scrubs, bandages and wound kits.
Bath Clinic and Circle Health Group, the UK’s largest independent hospital group, began delivering urgent medical goods to a group of Ukrainian hospitals shortly after the war broke out in collaboration with the Ukrainian doctors’ union and the British Red Cross, and has already delivered around 200 tonnes directly to the doors of five hospitals in the North, South, East and West Ukraine.
Upon receipt of the urgent supplies, the hospitals distribute a portion to local community hospitals in a hub and spoke model.
The gift list website was launched in response to requests from patients and members of the public across Circle’s network of hospitals for a mechanism by which individuals could help to support the Bath Clinic’s and Circle’s mission in Ukraine.
A team of volunteer hauliers from the UK, Poland and Ukraine have made the journey on a weekly basis since 15th March to deliver urgent supplies, navigating their way through war-torn regions and areas of conflict to reach the hospitals in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Odessa and Lviv.
Donations to the hospital gift list from UK supporters will enable these deliveries to continue as long as they are required, providing a vital lifeline to Ukrainian clinicians caring for the sick and injured in desperate circumstances.
One hospital Medical Director said: “I would like to thank everyone at Bath Clinic and Circle Health Group for the invaluable support you have provided.
“We are sure that all the medical aid will help in the treatment of our patients during this terrible period. The support of people from Great Britain is now very valuable for Ukrainians. We will always remember this.”
Approximately £2 million worth of medical supplies and funds have been donated by Circle Health Group hospitals, staff and suppliers so far.
Paolo Pieri, CEO of Circle Health Group, said: “War can fade from the headlines quickly, but the reality for doctors and nurses and their patients in hospitals across Ukraine remains desperate.
“Urgent supplies are running short and months of war is taking a heavy toll on morale. As a fellow European hospital operator, we feel a moral obligation to help.
“We know the British public have taken the plight of Ukraine to heart, and we are appealing to them to help us make sure these hospitals have the kit and supplies they need.”
To donate, visit: https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/healthsupportforukraine.
