Today is the 10th anniversary of Brace Orthopaedic and I can’t think of a better way to spend the day than delivering over 1 tonne of donated orthopaedic braces and supports from the UK orthotics community to our Ukrainian friends for onward shipment to Lviv.
In the coming days they will complete their journey to my contact in the emergency medical sector in Ukraine. From there, they will be distributed across the country dependent on specific need.
Since my first post on this subject, it has been incredible to witness the generosity of fellow bracing companies, service providers, individual hospital clinics and orthotists alike. This is our Orthotics industry at its very best and it makes me proud to be a part of it.
I am also incredibly grateful to my team at Brace Orthopaedic who have given up huge amounts of their own time to process and administer this constant flow of donations, before preparing them for onward shipment.
I have many more promises of further donations to come and of course it unfortunately looks like there will be a need for some time yet. So as long as I am receiving donations, Brace Orthopaedic will continue to facilitate their delivery to Ukraine.
