A team of 26 volunteers set off on the more than 1,100-mile drive to Poland.
Ten reconditioned ambulances filled with medical supplies have been donated to a charity helping to bolster humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
The former London Ambulance Service (LAS) vehicles had been decommissioned from use in London and have been fully refurbished by the Service’s fleet team to make them suitable to donate.
They were filled with donated medical equipment, including; ventilators, syringe pumps, tourniquets, wound dressings, blizzard blankets and personal protective equipment.
Shortly after 7 am on Monday, a team of 26 LAS volunteers set off on the more than 1,100-mile drive to Przemysl, Poland.
The Polish Ambulance Service will receive the ambulances before being handed off to the Medical Aid Ukraine charity.
A donation to the people of Ukraine.
LAS Chief Executive Daniel Elkeles waved off the convoy, thanking the staff and volunteers and wishing them a safe journey.
He said, “Staff and volunteers from across London Ambulance Service have been moved by the scenes of terrible suffering in Ukraine over the past few weeks.
“Our thoughts are with the Ukrainian people and our colleagues in the Ukrainian emergency services who are caring for their fellow citizens injured in very difficult and distressing circumstances.
“I would like to pay tribute to our staff who have helped us to restore the vehicles, source donations and pack the ambulances, as well as volunteering to drive them across the continent. This is a testament to the commitment our staff and volunteers show in caring for those in need.
“I am truly proud of the teams involved, and that London Ambulance Service has been able to make this donation to the people of Ukraine.”
