The City Perinatal Center in Kherson is the only medical facility providing specialized gynecological and neonatal care in the region. In 2007, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine granted the perinatal center the status of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
The maternity hospital is located close to the combat zone, its departments were significantly damaged by russian shelling. Nevertheless, the hospital operates 24/7 and provides complete obstetric and gynecological care to women and newborns in Kherson and the region. The facility has five inpatient departments with a total capacity of more than 100 patients. There are also 40 hospital beds for surgical care in obstetrics and gynecology. Currently, the perinatal center serves about 27,000 people.
As part of the project, a modern underground perinatal center was created to provide safe conditions for highly qualified emergency medical and rehabilitation care to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and newborns. It also provides outpatient and inpatient treatment of gynecological patients in active hostilities.
The underground unit is equipped with modern medical equipment to provide quality care to mothers with babies and protect them from possible injuries caused by russian shelling.
The shelter can accommodate 100 people, including 20 inpatients and medical staff. It has wards, an operating room, technical rooms, a dressing room, an observation room, and a delivery room. Also, the heating system was modernized in the underground center, a constant power supply to elevators was provided, and inclusive sanitary zones were set up.
Construction lasted 8 months. The total budget of the project amounted to UAH 105.3 million in state budget subsidies, co-financed by the local budget.
The project has been included in the DREAM ecosystem, and all data on its implementation is available in the project profile on the public portal at https://bit.ly/42UIDrq as well as in the analytics module bi.dream.gov.ua
