Ukraine's energy infrastructure is under constant attack and shelling from russia, and healthcare facilities must be prepared for the upcoming heating season to ensure uninterrupted medical care for Ukrainians. We are doing everything to strengthen the Ukrainian healthcare system despite the challenges of war, which is why we are working on equipping medical institutions with alternative power sources. Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Liashko was quoted as saying during a meeting on preparing medical institutions for work in the autumn-winter period and providing them with local heating sources.

"To ensure that our healthcare facilities operate under any critical conditions and that the power outage does not affect the provision of medical care, we continue to work towards providing hospitals with alternative power sources. We are talking about generators, starlinks, wells, autonomous boilers, etc. Now our joint task with the heads of medical institutions and representatives of local authorities is to create conditions for the power equipment to work smoothly, and so that nothing prevents doctors from providing uninterrupted medical care," Viktor Liashko stressed.

Thus, today, out of 643 healthcare facilities that are part of the capable network, 238 are fully autonomous. We are talking about autonomous boilers, wells and generators. 503 healthcare facilities of the capable network are provided with a backup source of heat supply (boiler room) and 306 healthcare facilities have their own wells. 643 institutions (100%) are provided with backup power sources - generators to ensure uninterrupted operation. 95 institutions need generators for additional needs. In total, Ukrainian hospitals are provided with more than 11,000 generators for uninterrupted power supply. More than 3,000 generators have been delivered to medical facilities during the full-scale war.

In addition, some hospitals have been provided with Starink satellite internet stations in addition to generators. Currently, 1185 such stations have been installed in medical facilities. This will help hospitals stay connected when there is a power outage and mobile network interruption.

In addition, about 80 Ukrainian healthcare facilities have solar stations, some of which are equipped with batteries that store energy.

"In order to understand the real situation in different regions of Ukraine, we will continue to communicate with representatives of local authorities and hospitals during conference calls, as well as visit medical facilities to check their readiness during business trips. I ask everyone to take this issue responsibly, as it is about the lives and health of our citizens. We have to start preparing for the upcoming heating season right now," the Health Minister said.

Viktor Liashko stressed that the provision of alternative energy sources to Ukrainian hospitals and their upgrading will continue so that medical institutions are ready for challenges and can operate effectively in any conditions.