Ukraine Boosts Medical Reform

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Ukraine Boosts Medical Reform

PR Newswire

DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine, June 22, 2012

DNIPROPETROVSK,

Ukraine

,

June 22, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The new Regional Perinatal Center (RPC) with the

capacity of four thousand births per year was opened

in southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk. This

was the result of the "New Life" program launched by

the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. So far

there are six such centers up and running in

Ukraine

.

According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola

Azarov, who was present at the opening ceremony,

there are plans to open one such center in every region

of

Ukraine

by the end of 2012.

New RPC in Dnipropetrovsk consists of obstetrics and gynecology wards with a

200 bed capacity. Comparatively the Comer Children's Hospital at the

University of Chicago operates at 155 beds capacity. Dnipropetrovsk RPC

occupies the area of up to 196 thousand square feet. The total cost of the

project was estimated at

USD 12.2 million

, which includes a little over

three

million dollars

worth of modern medical equipment installed in the new center.

The Center boasts two operating rooms, intensive care units for newborns and

women as well as modern diagnostics equipment allowing the center with its

560 highly qualified doctors to offer a living chance to children and infants who

weigh a little over a pound.

The first perinatal center in Dnipropetrovsk region was launched in

December

2011

in Kryvyi Rih. Since its opening the 154 bed center with 3,000 births

annual capacity was instrumental in delivering more than 1,400 births.

Healthcare reform in

Ukraine

kicked off in January 2011 with the pilot project in

Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Vinnytsya regions. The full-fledged healthcare

reform is planned for 2013.

In 2012, the pilot program has been gradually extended to most of Ukraine's

regions. In 2013, the national system is expected to come online in accordance

with a new law establishing the general rules and principles for healthcare

services in Ukraine.

Ukraine's

current healthcare system is highly ineffective. The core of the

problem is the model for funding this care, which prevents the state from

ensuring a decent level of healthcare services. The main goal of the pilot

is to determine a new approach to healthcare funding that will uphold the

interests of those who need healthcare services and those who provide them.