Dr. Paul Fedak, who is Ukrainian-Canadian, said he was watching a social media post months ago of a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, Dr. Igor Mokryk, taking patients down into a bunker as bombs were going off overhead.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“To defibrillate and shock somebody you need the special pads. If they don’t have those, their equipment essentially is useless,” Fedak said at a news conference Thursday. “By providing some of these things, we’re going to be able to enable them to keep delivering care. With the latest attacks they’re suffering from electricity issues and it’s not safe to move,” Fedak said.Article content
Fedak said he initially reached out to Mokryk out of compassion and wanted to make sure he was OK. It was after hearing back from him that he realized there was more that could be done.
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