Not-for-profit company Ambulance Aid dispatches another vital emergency vehicle to Ukraine with the help of Wellesbourne Lions

Published: 16:07, 05 April 2023

| Updated: 16:13, 05 April 2023

AMBULANCE AID, the not-for-profit company set up in south Warwickshire a year ago to send ambulances and medical supplies to Ukraine, has just dispatched its 16th vehicle to the war-torn country.

The ambulance was on display outside Sainsbury’s in Wellesbourne on Saturday, 25th March where a raffle was held as part of a constant fund-raising operation for the organisation.

Dr Tania Hebert, a Ukrainian-born GP who lives in Warwick and works in Coventry, told the Herald the ex-NHS ambulances were essential for evacuating people from war zones and also from towns and cities obliterated by Russian bombardment.

Mary Geisler and Rod Scott, right, from the Wellesbourne Lions Club were out fundraising for Ambulance Aid outside Sainsbury's in the village on 25th March where they were pictured with Dr Tania Hebert, advisor to Ambulance Aid, and Ukrainian driver Ivan Hoienko who shortly afterwards set off on the journey to north east Ukraine in the vehicle pictured. Photo: Mark Williamson. (63254255)

“They’re under constant fire,” she said. “And the ambulances are used to pick up people who’re found under rubble.”

And the drivers of the vehicles were also risking their lives. “Some people, who drive right into Ukraine, are in danger themselves,” she said.

She said the operation was part of a huge network “helping each other”.

All Warwickshire News Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Veale