Nov. 27, 2024, 7:08 p.m.
An operating room and wards were equipped underground in Kherson region
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Photo: Screenshot from the video of the Kherson Regional Military Administration
A modern shelter has been set up in a hospital in the Novovorontsov community of Kherson Oblast.
This was announced by the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration , Oleksandr Prokudin.
The new shelter houses an emergency room, laboratories, operating room, sanitary rooms, as well as intensive care and inpatient wards.
Photo: Screenshot from Kherson Regional Military Administration video
According to the official, the wards can accommodate more than 20 patients. The premises are fully equipped with the necessary modern medical equipment to provide the necessary assistance to patients. The shelter is provided with electricity and water supply. Additionally, generators, a ventilation system and fire protection equipment have been installed.
Photo: Screenshot from the Kherson Regional Medical Association video
Medical facilities in the Kherson region have repeatedly come under attack by Russian occupation forces. Therefore, the region is doing everything to save lives.
Recently, one of the hospitals in Kherson has also completed repairs, installed the necessary medical equipment, and now the premises are fully ready to receive patients. The wards can accommodate more than 20 people. In case of a power outage, the shelter is equipped with backup power sources - a generator and a Tesla Powerwall battery.
In addition, a bomb shelter in one of Kherson's medical institutions was restored and re-equipped to provide medical services. Four rooms in the shelter were repaired, the corridor walls were tiled, and five interior doors and a metal-plastic structure were purchased and installed. The total cost of the repairs is over UAH 930 thousand.
Earlier, the mechanism for implementing the construction of the underground hospital and prenatal center was discussed during a meeting between UN Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown and the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin. During the meeting, projects to restore social infrastructure, including the construction of an underground hospital and a prenatal center, were presented to the international community.