TORONTO - A non-profit organization says it's scaling up efforts to transport Ukrainian children with cancer to Canada for treatment, but the shifting situation on the ground makes it hard to pin down when more patients might arrive.
Aman Lara, which helps evacuate individuals from conflict zones, helped arrange the recent journey of two young Ukrainian cancer patients and their families to Toronto.
The children, who arrived Wednesday, will be treated at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Aman Lara executive director Brian Macdonald says the recent effort was a "first step" in the group's mission to help children whose treatment has been disrupted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Macdonald says the operation came together in 10 days despite the complexities of co-ordinating logistics in a conflict zone and ensuring the children stayed medically stable during the trip.
He says the non-profit has secured funding for another flight and is prepared for more evacuations as it works with a clinic in Poland to identify children who could benefit from Canadian medical care.