Ambulances continue to arrive from the Korean government

Ukraine continues to receive ambulances out of the planned 200 as part of a donation of more than USD 12 million from the Korean government with the cooperation of the Korean Embassy in Ukraine and support from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. The delivery is expected to be completed in the near future.

The vehicles are provided with the necessary life support equipment, including defibrillator monitors, medical oxygen supply equipment, stretchers, and trauma equipment to help transport seriously injured patients to medical facilities. The vehicles are also equipped with medicines for emergency care, including painkillers, intravenous solutions, disinfectants, etc.

The vehicles have already been distributed to healthcare facilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, Lviv, Chernihiv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zakarpattia, Ternopil, Kherson, Volyn, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Sumy, and Poltava oblasts.

It should be noted that since the beginning of the full-scale war, russia has damaged 235 ambulances, destroyed 264 and stolen another 125 ambulances.

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine expresses gratitude to the Korean government and all partners for their significant contribution to saving the lives and health of Ukrainians. This support is an important step in strengthening Ukraine’s healthcare system, which continues to operate in extremely difficult conditions of war.