As the Ministry of Health of Ukraine announced today, the German government has financed 20 mobile clinics for the Ukrainian oblasts Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Sumy.
These are now to be deployed in various communities throughout these six oblasts. Half of the mobile clinics were delivered towards the end of last year, while the remaining ones have now been handed over.
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine poses enormous challenges in various areas of people’s everyday lives — including medical care. More remote regions or regions near the front line are particularly affected.
The mobile clinics will therefore have a noticeable impact in the communities in which they are deployed and improve the population’s access to essential primary healthcare.
They are equipped with all kinds of medical equipment and material that fulfils the latest European medical and safety standards, which enables a wide range of medical treatments to be provided to patients, including patients with disabilities.
Each mobile clinic is not only equipped with the necessary medical equipment to diagnose and treat patients, but also with air conditioning, a ventilation system, a heater, water tanks, a generator, and batteries for backup power to ensure uninterrupted operation even during power outages for example caused by Russian attacks.
Image: Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Image: Ministry of Health of UkraineAccording to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, each mobile clinic can perform a wide range of medical tasks. These include general consultation, diagnostics, treatment, laboratory services, ultrasound, vaccination, maternal and child care, ophthalmology and ECG.
The mobile clinics were purchased and delivered with funding from the German government by the German GIZ as part of the EU4ResilientRegions programme which was designed to support local communities, notably in eastern and southern Ukraine, while the training of personnel required for operating them was at least partially funded by the EU.
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