Canada Raids Emergency Stockpile to Send Medical Equipment to Ukraine

Canada Raids Emergency Stockpile to Send Medical Equipment to Ukraine
Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos speaks with reporters before Question Period, May 4, 2022 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Canada has tapped into its own strategic stockpile of emergency medical supplies—stored for a national emergency—to help Ukraine.

It has donated over 375,000 items of medical equipment and medicines from Canada’s strategic stockpile since the invasion by Russia began.