Solar panels to power 130 healthcare facilities in Ukraine

Solar power generation units will be deployed at 130 primary medical care facilities across Ukraine.

This was reported by the Ministry of Health, Ukrinform saw.

It is noted that equipment will be purchased and installed within the framework of the joint project run by the Ukraine’s Ministry of Health and the World Bank "Health Enhancement and Lifesaving, HEAL".

"Regular enemy attacks on civil infrastructure endanger the full-fledged operation of our healthcare system. That is why we are working to provide medical facilities with opportunities for maximum autonomous work, so that patients can receive all the necessary medical care without interruption and in full. Modern technology allows for strengthening our energy security, including through installing solar power units," said Minister of Health Viktor Liashko.

He emphasized that thanks to the energy equipment installed in 130 primary care facilities, patients will have access to medical services regardless of the circumstances and Russia’s criminal actions.

According to the Ministry of Health, this is about the sets of solar panels, inverters and batteries that will ensure the stability of health care facilities.

The equipment will be installed in Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions.

The Ministry of Health added that the move will allow medical facilities to significantly save on electricity costs and direct these funds to other needs.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, in July Ukraine received from partners almost 6,000 solar panels for hospitals.

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