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Add to Preferred SourcesThe surgical unit at Myrnohrad City Central Hospital was officially reopened after renovations funded by a European Investment Bank (EIB) loan and with technical support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Now the unit can serve 11,000 patients a year.
This is the first in a long list of social infrastructure facilities that are being restored or renovated under the EIB-financed Ukraine Early Recovery Programme in eastern Ukraine.
As part of the project, the surgical unit was reconstructed and rehabilitated, and an Italian X-ray machine was purchased and installed. This is the first major overhaul of the hospital in 40 years, as the last time the hospital’s equipment was upgraded was in 1974. The total cost of the project is UAH 7 686 000 (around EUR 230 000).
“The hospital renovation project is one of hundreds of infrastructure rehabilitation projects envisaged by our Ukraine Early Recovery Programme, totaling EUR 200m,” said Jean-Eric de Zagon, Head of the European Investment Bank in Ukraine. “Unlike other programmes, in which we typically carry out large-scale and long-term infrastructure projects, the Ukraine Recovery Programme is designed for specific, local and small-scale – but extremely urgent – tasks that will help improve the lives of thousands of local residents after being completed. The next part of our plan is a local social center and housing for internally displaced persons, which should be completed by the end of the year.”
The Myrnohrad Central City Hospital provides specialised medical care for local residents and the entire western region of Donetsk Oblast, as the hospital departments in neighbouring districts and cities do not have the technical and human resources required. In addition, the hospital is in even higher demand because Myrnohrad is currently home to more than 17 000 registered internally displaced persons.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) – the EU bank – has provided the Government of Ukraine with a loan of EUR 200m within the framework of the Ukraine Early Recovery Programme. This loan granted on beneficial terms is intended to facilitate the improvement of infrastructure and the quality of life of those affected by the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Under the Technical Assistance Agreement between the EIB and the Ministry of Regional Development, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is helping to monitor the implementation of the Early Recovery Programme.
Original source: EIB
Published on 10 October 2018