More than 90% of medical institutions continue to operate in the most war-affected regions - monitoring data

The Ministry of Health, together with the WHO regional office in Ukraine, assessed the availability of medical services in 10 regions. Most of them are frontline regions or those that were under temporary occupation.

Despite the daily challenges associated with the war, more than 90% of the evaluated institutions continue to operate fully in the territory of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Donetsk oblasts. 

The report indicates that 17% of primary care facilities, 19% of hospitals providing specialized medical care, and more than 40% of emergency centers were damaged in the territories of the above-mentioned oblasts. 

Now the most difficult situation remains in the Donetsk oblast, where only a third of medical institutions are fully operational, and another third is partially functioning. This is stated in the report, which was prepared using the system for monitoring the availability of health resources and services (HeRAMS). 

The expert group began evaluating the availability of health resources and services late last year. 

“We started the first stage of the project, which included 10 oblasts, during one of the most difficult periods for the country – in November, when russia resorted to energy terror almost every week. However, despite all the challenges, blackouts and daily power outages, each oblast was able to fully join the project and enter all the necessary data into the electronic system. This is very valuable for us. This report will give us an opportunity to understand more clearly which medical institutions need priority restoration, where it is necessary to improve the provision of equipment, where to strengthen cooperation with international partners,” said Tetiana Orabina, acting director of the Department of medical services of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.   

This report will allow the Ministry of Health to rationally allocate resources for the regions most affected by the war. 

In the near future, the next stage of the project will begin, which will cover other oblasts of Ukraine.