Canadian medical team returning to Ukraine to undertake a fourth medical mission this month
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February 20, 2016

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A fourth team of Canadian medical professionals will travel to Ukraine to conduct a Master Class for Ukrainian Military surgeons and to perform reconstructive surgeries on victims of violence from Vladimir Putin’s invasion into Eastern Ukraine. The mission will run February 19 – 28, 2016. This is following three successful medical missions in November 2014, May 2015 and October 2015, all headed by by Dr. Oleh Antonyshyn, Head of the Adult Craniofacial Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto. Since we began these medical missions, Dr. Antonyshyn and his team of Canadian medical volunteers have completed 183 procedures on 97 patients, and have consulted on a total of 232 cases.

The medical mission is organized by the Canada-Ukraine Foundation under the patronage of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Like the previous mission, this fourth mission is made possible in large part by funding from a contribution from the Government of Canada under the Global Peace and Security program.

“We are very grateful to our Canadian Government that they saw fit to fund this important initiative,” said Victor Hetmanczuk, President of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation. “Funding programs such as this demonstrates the Government’s commitment and support to the people of Ukraine. These surgeries change lives”.

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The Canada-Ukraine Foundation was established by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress to coordinate, develop, organize and deliver assistance projects generated by Canadians and directed to Ukraine. It is a registered charitable foundation.  Donations for the mission and other projects may be made at http://www.cufoundation.ca

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