Some 124 war-affected health facilities rebuilt across Ukraine in 2024

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Health Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“During 2024, a total of 124 health facilities affected by Russian attacks were successfully rebuilt and put into operation,” the report states.

Over three years since the full-scale war started, Russia has damaged and destroyed 2,285 health facilities (1,984 objects have been damaged and 301 destroyed).

Most losses were suffered by health facilities situated in the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. As noted by the ministry, it is currently impossible to obtain comprehensive information about the scale of destruction suffered by health facilities, which are situated in the temporarily occupied areas.

Additionally, 273 ambulances were destroyed by Russian mercenaries, 242 damaged, and another 80 seized.

Following the estimates of the Ukrainian government, the World Bank and the European Commission, the current needs of Ukraine’s healthcare sector have amounted to about USD 17 billion, including USD 3.6 billion as the short-term needs for 2024-2026. However, considering Russia’s continuous missile terror, these needs are growing.

So far, 594 health facilities across Ukraine have been renovated fully and another 370 partially. Most objects were restored in the Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions. These are health facilities situated in de-occupied areas, as well as those that suffered minor damage.

In 2024, with the support of the global initiative, six renovation projects in health facilities were launched, and three of them were completed successfully.

Photo: Ukrainian Health Ministry