Toronto SickKids to receive 3 more pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says it is expecting three more pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine in the coming days.

The hospital says the patients and their families will arrive within 24 to 36 hours.

“We are grateful to all partners involved in ensuring these families can safely arrive in Toronto,” said the hospital in a post on Twitter.

Two other families who arrived in Toronto from Ukraine on March 16 are settling in and “pleased to be in Canada,” according to the hospital.

The hospital says clinical teams completed their initial assessments and are putting care plans into place for the families.

More than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine during the Russian invasion.