Yana

I first saw Yana when she was 3 and half years of age abandoned in Malin hospital. She was a lovely little girl,who had trouble walking due to medical problems. It was sad to watch her wandering about the childrens department, smiling when people talked to her, what did the future hold in store for the sick orphan girl.
I found out a year later, Yana had been sent to a state orphanage because she was now too old to continue to live in the hospital she called home. There are many orphanages in Ukraine, the children in them desperately need help. The staff at the hospital do their best, but without funds to buy medicines,medical equipment,food,and many other items it is a never ending struggle.
Among a list of medical equipment the Doctors asked me to try and obtain for them was an Incubator for the Maternity ward, as the only one they had was broken and unrepairable. I will feature the Incubator story in my next blog, the bureaucracy
involved is unbelievable.