Who Is Leonid Shapoval? Meet The 5 Year Old Ukrainian Boy With Leukaemia Who Flees To Get Treatment In Ireland

Leonid Shapoval is a 5-year old with leukemia from Ukraine who is currently in Ireland seeking a bone marrow transplant. Continue reading the article to learn more about the child. 

Leonid Shapoval arrived in West Cork last night, exhausted but safe. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Shapoval expressed their appreciation to Mr. Collins for his efforts on behalf of the family.

Mr. Collins together with the Department of Foreign Affairs, did everything to get the family to the Polish border as early as possible.

Who Is Leonid Shapoval? 5-Year-Old Ukrainian Boy With Leukaemia Flees To Get Treatment

Leonis Shaoval is a 5-year old Ukrainian boy with Leukemia who has fled to Ireland to continue his cancer treatment. The young boy was diagnosed with leukemia in July of last year.

Shapoval was receiving chemotherapy in a Kyiv hospital for several weeks. He had spent the previous three months in a sterile room at another hospital in Cherkasy, closer to his home.

He was scheduled to receive a bone marrow transplant on March 10. However, the Russian invasion halted his treatment, he was also scheduled for one final chemotherapy session.

However, the hospital where Leonid’s bone marrow transplant was scheduled to take place next week was bombed as a result of the conflict.

Leonid’s doctors informed his parents, Yana and Serghyi, that he would need to leave the country to continue his cancer treatment. Doctors packed all of Leonid’s medical records and medication into a small suitcase, and his family fled to Poland.

Yana and Serhiy collected her mother, Svitlana Surzhyk, and drove west until they reached the Ukrainian/Polish border.

“It took them 30 hours to drive there,” said Ms Walden. “And when they got there, there was 20km of a queue of cars. But luckily the police were very kind to them once they found out the condition Leonid was in.

“They put on the sirens and they took them 20 kilometres to skip the queue.” The family stayed overnight at the Polish border, before driving to Warsaw.

Ms. Walden contacted West Cork Independent TD Michael Collins, who brought Leonid’s case to the attention of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Leonid Shapoval GoFundMe Details

A GoFundMe page set up to assist in paying for Leonid’s leukemia treatment has already raised over €41,000, with generous donations still pouring in.

The page was set up by his cousin, Alexander who claims that any profit will be donated to the Irish cancer society.

“Hello all, I am raising funds for my cousin’s 5-year-old son who was supposed to receive a bone marrow transplant for his condition.”

“Leonid has leukemia and was scheduled to receive transplant treatment in Kyiv last week. However, as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia worsened, Leonid’s parents were advised to leave the country and seek help elsewhere.

“I am requesting any assistance you can provide to assist with his treatment; any profits will be donated to the Irish Cancer Society.”

Some People donated money while some left messages of encouragement for his family, with one man writing, “Stay strong, little buddy.” “Greetings from Ireland.

Leonid Shapoval Family Details

Leonid Shapoval was born to his family, Yana, and Serghy in 2016. They were able to travel to Ireland to begin his treatment because of the assistance of his family and relatives.

The Irish Government decided to waive visa restrictions for relatives of Irish people fleeing Ukraine. As a result, Yana’s aunt in West Cork named Victoria Waldon made it possible for them to visit Ireland.

Walden arrived in Ireland on a work visa from Ukraine in 2001. Her husband David and she live near Ballydehob. Ms. Walden is Leonid’s grandmother, and Yana Shapoval is Leonid’s mother.

The family was welcomed by Walden, her husband David, and her son Alexander at Dublin Airport on Monday night.

They were also greeted by Independent TD for Cork south-west, Michael Collins, who helped secure their arrival in Ireland.  There were also the officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs, who now hopes to organize medical treatment for Leonid in Ireland.

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