Posted on 05/11/22
| News Source: CBS Baltimore WJZ
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar medical aid package to be sent to Ukraine.
Medical equipment donated from the Maryland Department of Health includes 485,000 bandages and wound care supplies, and 200 ventilators, including medical ventilators for hospital intensive care units as well as portable ventilator units.
Maryland State Police also donated hundreds of pieces of body armor, including tactical vests and shields, Hogan said.
“It’s about $5 million worth of aid, and to put that into perspective of what 170 pallets looks like it’s a cargo planes worth,” Karina Mandell, chair of the Baltimore-Odesa Sister City Committee, said.
These items “send a loud and clear message to Russia that here in Maryland, we stand on the side of peace and freedom,” Hogan said.
The shipments of over 170 medical supplies leave immediately, with the first shipment leaving the United States tomorrow with more departing soon. The state partnered with the Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation to facilitate the donation, which previously worked with the state to send 50 ventilators to Ukraine.