Feb. 18, 2025, 11:57 p.m.
(Photo: Facebook Oleksandr Prokudin)
Hospitals in the Kherson region have alternative power sources that will help provide medical care even during power outages.
This was announced by Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional State Administration.
As part of the Light up hope project, implemented by the International Luxembourg Foundation LUkraine in cooperation with the Sky of Ukraine Charitable Foundation, 14 medical institutions in the region received 21 Ecoflow charging stations.
These devices are compact, mobile, and powerful, allowing hospitals to stay connected during emergency power outages.
In 2024, Kherson region received more than UAH 1.5 billion in international aid, which is UAH 814 million more than in the previous year.
This assistance was directed to various areas, including the provision of heating materials for the population in the amount of UAH 800 million, as well as the implementation of numerous projects, including the delivery of Tesla Powerwall for hospitals, ambulances, agricultural machinery, fertilizers, greenhouses, solar panels for critical infrastructure, and much more.
Earlier, rescuers in Kherson region received help from the Ukrainian Red Cross Society. The society provided local fire departments with medical backpacks.
Recently, the Ukrainian Red Cross Society provided Kherson with two more mobile shelters. Today, thanks to the charitable organization's help, 21 mobile shelters are operating in 12 settlements of the region.
The Red Cross also plans to help create an underground hospital in Kherson Oblast. It is about equipping the future underground hospital and prenatal center. The international team will visit these locations in the near future.
In Mykolaiv, active members of the regional organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society were honored on International Volunteer Day. Volunteers were awarded the highest honors from the military administration, commemorative medals "For Volunteer Activity" and certificates of honor.
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