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ANNA KRAWCZUK UNWLA SOCIAL WELFARE AND UKRAINE The Ukrainian National Women’s League of Ameri ca/Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund/General Electric Medical System Joint MRI Project reached its final stages on June 24, 1994, when GE MRI was airlifted from Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware, by a US Air Force C-5 cargo plane to Kyyiv, Ukraine. Its final destination was Kyyiv Clinical Center of Trauma and Emergency Medicine Hospital, Dr. Georgy Roshchin, director. UNWLA Vice President Olga Trytyak and UNWLA Scholarship Program Chair Luba Bilowchtchuk together with UNWLA Branch 54 members were present at the press conference at Dover AF Base. UNWLA Pres ident Anna Krawczuk together with Social Welfare Chair, Lidia Czernyk, Dr. Chrystia Slywotzky and Nadia Nynka greeted the arrival of the US military plane at Boryspil Airport in Kyyiv, Ukraine. UNWLA Branch 102 members thanked their Congressman Frank McCloskey for spear heading the effort to win State Department approval for the C-5 cargo plane and Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, who played a pivotal role in this matter. General Electric Medical Systems sold the MRI Max unit to the UNWLA and the CCRF at cost for $350,000.00 (UNWLA’s share is $200,000.00, CCRF’s commitment is $150,000.00) and with a two year guarantee. We are grateful! to General Electric. The MRI Max will help doctors in Ukraine hasten the diagnosis of patients, especially the children, who suffer from the effects (radiation) of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. Since the Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe on April 26, 1986, members of the UNWLA have been deeply concerned about the welfare and health of the accident victims-children and youth in particular. Due to the political situation in the former Soviet Union at that time, even the aid offered by foreign governments, including the USA, was refused and deemed unnecessary. In the press releases from the USSR the actual situation of the effects of the radiation was greatly minimized. Although our hands were tied due to bureaucracy — our hearts were with the Ukrain ian people, especially the youth and children who were the innocent victims of the circumstance. Through the UNWLA Social Welfare, chaired by Lidia Czernyk, plans began to emerge and fund raisers started — just in case the iron curtain should open. By the year 1990 it became evident worldwide that the death toll of radiation victims was on an increase, large percentage of them being children. The decision was made by the UNWLA to use the funds raised for the purchase of medical equipment. In 1990 our first oppor tunity came when through the effort of CCRF the doors were opened to Ukraine and the first airlift with medical equipment and supplies was permitted by the Soviet Ukrainian government. Dr. Chrystia Slywotzky, Dr. Ihor Sawchuk, Lidia Czernyk, Anna Krawczuk. Children resting at children’s sanata- rium "Dzherelo" in Truskawec, Ukraine.
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