The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has announced the start of work to restore the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, which was damaged by shelling. The government has already allocated 100 million hryvnias from the reserve fund for priority reconstruction work and plans to increase funding as soon as the reconstruction project is ready, UNN reports.
The state will completely rebuild Okhmatdyt. We are starting work right now. Immediately after the tragedy, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of Finance were instructed to work on allocating funds for the reconstruction and assistance to the victims
According to him, today the Government is allocating UAH 100 million from the state budget reserve fund for priority reconstruction work at Okhmatdyt, and the funding is planned to be increased as the reconstruction project is prepared.
Each family with children affected by yesterday's attack will receive assistance from UNICEF in the amount of UAH 10,800 per family member
He said that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed to find a new place to transport doctors and young patients from the shelling-affected buildings as soon as possible. It has already been determined that these will be Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospitals #1 and #2, where the transfer will begin.
I sincerely thank everyone who helped to combat the consequences of Russian terror. Rescuers, doctors, concerned citizens, volunteers and businesses. Special thanks to all those who responded to the fundraising for Okhmatdyt through the United24 platform. We managed to raise UAH 100 million in just a few hours. These resources will also be used to restore the hospital
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The Ukrainian businessman and co-founder of Monobank, together with United24, raised more than UAH 200 million for the needs of Okhmatdyt.
Recall
The Russian attack on the Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv killed 2 people, injured more than 50, and caused significant damage to buildings, including the toxicology department, surgical department, intensive care unit, operating rooms, and Ukraine's only oncohematology laboratory.