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Healthcare in Odesa: New Challenges and Solutions

Odesa has 33 municipal healthcare facilities providing urgent, planned, and palliative care to the population, military personnel, and internally displaced individuals.

In light of the challenges posed by the ongoing war, a key priority is ensuring the autonomy and energy independence of medical institutions.

All medical facilities are equipped with diesel and gasoline generators of various capacities in case of power outages. Currently, there are 152 generators in medical establishments, including 63 high-capacity generators. In the event of a centralized power supply failure, high-capacity generators in city cluster hospitals that provide round-the-clock medical assistance automatically activate to ensure the operation of medical equipment.

Seven healthcare facilities are equipped with solar power plants and energy storage devices.
In hospitals and their structural divisions, there are 14 gas, diesel, and solid-fuel boiler houses, allowing for autonomous heating. Additionally, some hospitals are undergoing preparatory work to install modular boilers using alternative fuel as part of a Memorandum with the World Health Organization in Ukraine.

With financial support from UNICEF, artesian wells and drinking water stations have been set up on the premises of four city hospitals to ensure autonomous water supply. Medical facilities are stocked with technical and drinking water reserves.