Sick Ukrainian woman unable to join son in UK despite having a visa

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Tetiana Liashko, 59, has lung cancer and requires constant oxygen supply “People want to help, but at the same time they don’t really do anything. After at least four weeks of continuously contacting different people, I haven’t got anywhere,” said Mr Liashko, who works for a logistics company and lives in Huntingdon, near Peterborough. Without help from the UK health service, the only option for the family is to pay £20,000 for specialised medical transport, which the 37-year-old said they “simply don’t have”. The procedures they have don’t describe this specific situation, and therefore no one wants to do anything.” Mr Liashko’s MP Mr Vara, the Conservative MP for North West Cambridgeshire, told The Independent he was in “urgent contact with all concerned to quickly bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion”.