Our goal is to change the conditions at public hospitals in Poland and we celebrate each opportunity that allows us to support the hardworking medical staff. When thinking about a hospital, we often imagine wards, operation theatres, beds, doctors, nurses, and specialist devices while we forget about an essential element ensuring smooth work of the hospital - modern and fully equipped ambulance. Throughout the years we were able to donate 32 modern emergency vehicles to different children's hospitals in the country.
The ambulance given to Białystok facility is the first major item donated by the charity in 2019. Białystok hospital is the biggest medical facility in the region, offering specialist treatment to children and youngsters, treating 20 000 patients a year. The ambulance will be the first emergency vehicle owned by the hospital - patients used to be transported by private contractors. The ambulance, which is fully equipped and covered by car insurance for the entire year, is worth over 500 000 PLN, but it's really a small price to pay for the fact that children, even in very serious condition, can be brought to the hospital to receive medical assistance.
27th Grand Finale fundraiser will take place soon, but we are not slowing down and different equipment with our red-heart sticker is delivered to hospitals nationwide. This ambulance will address the most desperate need of this hospital. We are grateful to our donors for their generosity, which enables us to buy these vehicles. We raised almost 1 000 000 000 PLN and there are nearly 60 000 devices working in Polish hospitals, which have been bought with money you donated.
Jurek Owsiak, chairman of the board of the Foundation
