Czech Republic to help modernize Ukrainian hospitals: 6 projects agreed
Ukrainian Minister of Health Viktor Liashko met with Czech Government Commissioner for Reconstruction of Ukraine Tomáš Kopeční and a Czech delegation to discuss projects to modernize Ukrainian medical facilities.
“According to the World Bank's latest estimate, the recovery needs in the healthcare sector over the next 10 years amount to $19.4 billion. Unfortunately, this figure is not final. In the last year alone, the number of damaged healthcare facilities has increased by almost 40%. The support of our partners is critically important for us. The Czech Republic is a member of the Ukraine Facility program and is potentially ready to finance the reconstruction and modernization of 13 hospitals in 7 regions of Ukraine. To date, the European Commission has approved support for 6 public investment projects for Czech partners.”
Currently, the European Commission has approved modernization projects related to the following healthcare facilities:
- Lviv Regional Hospital for War Veterans and the Repressed, named after Yuriy Lypa;
- Rivne Regional Hospital for War Veterans;
- Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital;
- Kryvyi Rih City Hospital No. 5;
- Dnipro Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 16;
- Kyiv Oblast Children's Hospital.
The participants discussed the details of the implementation of the agreed projects and plans for further cooperation to improve the efficiency of Ukrainian medical institutions.
It should be noted that for more than three years, the russian army has been systematically shelling peaceful cities and attacking Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities, such as hospitals, outpatient clinics, and so on. So far, the russians have damaged 1984 medical facilities and destroyed another 301.
During the meeting, the Minister thanked the Czech Republic for its humanitarian aid. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has allocated 4.3 million euros for medical equipment and machinery for hospitals, ambulances, buses, and communications equipment for medical units.