Ukraine's Ministry of Health reported this.
“Since February 24 last year, the invaders have been attacking the Ukrainian medical infrastructure almost every day. During the 11 months of war in Ukraine, 1,206 medical facilities were damaged. 1,035 medical infrastructure facilities were damaged and 171 facilities were completely destroyed, without the possibility of further restoration,” the message says.
According to the First Deputy Minister of Health Oleksandr Komarida, the Russian enemy is purposefully targeting hospitals and dispensaries in order to leave as many people as possible without medical care.
“Every day from each region we receive figures on the destruction and damage of medical infrastructure. Unfortunately, these figures are increasing almost every day, especially in the front and near-front areas. Our hospitals, maternity hospitals and dispensaries continue to become targets for Russian missiles and shells. But Russia will not break us with any such shelling. We are already rebuilding destroyed hospitals so that our patients have full access to the necessary medical care,” he said.
According to preliminary estimates, Ukraine needs about USD 1 billion to rebuild the destroyed and damaged medical infrastructure to the state it was in before the war.
In the de-occupied territories where hostilities are not taking place, 143 medical facilities, which were partially damaged, have been fully restored. More than 250 facilities have been partially restored.
Most of the rebuilt medical facilities are located in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Dnipropetrovsk regions.