This weekend a local doctor will be trading the northern suburbs of Chicago for the border of Poland and Ukraine. He's stepping up to help refugees fresh from the war-torn country.
"You see these images night after night of what's going on, everyone wants to help in the ways that they can.""As word has gotten out, more and more people have donated supplies. We started with 4 bags of meds and toys and now we have 11," he said.They'll fly to Krakow and then make the three-hour drive to the Polish town of Medyka on the Ukrainian border where they'll take on patients for the next seven days.
Through the pandemic, Dr. Topin was the only critical care doctor at a hospital in downstate Mattoon, IL — south of Champaign."Everybody's looking a little bit at this respite on how to recharge or how to refuel. And this just felt important. To do something a little more than donate money. I have this opportunity and it will be a shame can take advantage of the privilege that I have to take time off and the means to get there.
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