Shmyhal and Lithuanian Prime Minister visit Okhmatdyt after missile strike

Shmyhal and Lithuanian Prime Minister visit Okhmatdyt after missile strike

Kyiv  •  UNN

August 24 2024, 05:36 PM  •  30591 views

The Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Lithuania inspected the damaged Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital. Lithuania has allocated EUR 1 million for the reconstruction of the hospital, and the Health Ministry has set up a Reconstruction Council with a Lithuanian representative.

The Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Lithuania, Denys Shmyhal and Ingrida Šimonite, inspected the damaged Okhmatdyt children's hospital. According to Shmyhal, Lithuania has allocated 1 million euros to restore the institution, UNN reports

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite visit Okhmatdyt. Last month, Russia struck Ukraine's largest children's hospital with an X-101 missile. Together with Ms. Šimonite, we inspected the destroyed toxicology building and damaged buildings. We talked to the doctors who were working on the spot during the missile strike and helped to save the children

- Shmyhal wrote on Telegram. 

Shmyhal said that the reconstruction of Okhmatdyt has already begun. According to him, to ensure a transparent process, the Ministry of Health has created a Council for the restoration of Okhmatdyt, which includes a representative of Lithuania.

After all, Lithuania was among the first to respond to the tragedy, the prime minister said. 

At the personal initiative of the Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite, the Lithuanian government allocated 1 million euros for the restoration of the hospital

- Shmyhal said. 

According to him, during the war, Russia destroyed more than 200 Ukrainian medical institutions and damaged more than 1,600 more.

Shmyhal assured that  with joint efforts we will restore everything that Russia has destroyed. 

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