The Myroliubivska outpatient clinic and the Bilozerska hospital in Khersonska Oblast have been selected to be repaired by the CF “Stabilization Support Services” team this year. Anna Vasylenko, the Foundation’s regional coordinator in Khersonska Oblast, says that the team, including an engineer, inspected all 12 facilities submitted by the leadership of the Bilozerska community to participate in the Provision of Lifesaving Winterization, NFI, and Shelter Support to Conflict Affected Populations in Ukraine project. According to her, after a detailed analysis and obtaining complete and verified information, the decision to choose these healthcare facilities was straightforward.
“The Myroliubivska outpatient clinic provides services to residents of three starosta districts of the Bilozerska community since their medical facilities were nearly completely destroyed as a result of the war. During the entire period of the full-scale invasion, the village came under fire from guided bombs only once, and the outpatient clinic was also hit. The medical facility survived but needs to be repaired. The outpatient clinic has a day hospital, a dental prosthetics room, and manipulation departments. In general, everyone from the young to the old receives medical care here,” says Anna Vasylenko.
According to Olena Danyliuk, director of the Bilozerska Community Development Utility, the outpatient clinic in Myrolyubivka has become an essential medical center.
“Since the full-scale invasion, our community’s population has decreased by threefold: both doctors and patients have left. Now, fortunately, both groups are returning home. One of the community’s main tasks is to retain medical staff who do not work online but provide all the necessary assistance to people in half-destroyed offices. Therefore, I think that repairing the outpatient clinic is the most logical choice of the Foundation’s team,” says Olena Danyliuk.
The project plans to replace windows in the operating rooms, intensive care unit, surgical unit, and partially in the neurology department at Bilozerska Hospital.
“About 100 residents receive medical care in our institution every day, and another 60 patients are treated in the hospital. Due to the shelling, 110 windows were smashed in the hospital, and now they are covered with chipboard. Because of this, we can’t even provide air circulation in this summer heat. It is difficult for both doctors and visitors to stay in such conditions,” says Nataliya Levkovska, head physician of Bilozerska Hospital.
This article was prepared as part of the Provision of Lifesaving Winterization, NFI, and Shelter Support to Conflict Affected Populations in Ukraine project, implemented by the Charity Foundation “Stabilization Support Services” together with the international humanitarian organization CARE with the support of NACHBAR IN NOT.