₴8.8 million was reallocated following the transfer of Maternity Hospital №3 to the Mykolaiv regional authorities

Maternity Hospital №3. Photo from open sources

The Executive Committee of Mykolaiv City Council has reallocated the remaining funds following the transfer of Maternity Hospital №3 to regional ownership.

The relevant decision was adopted at a meeting on 13 May, according to NikVesti.

The draft decision was considered in connection with the transfer of the maternity hospital to the ownership of the Mykolaiv region and the city’s withdrawal from the list of the institution’s founders.

This involves the reallocation of 8,853,600 hryvnias. These funds were transferred to City Hospital №3.

As explained by Iryna Shamrai, head of the Mykolaiv Health Department, the reallocation of funds is linked to the need to ensure funding for other community healthcare facilities.

«On 9 April, a decision was taken to transfer the facility to regional municipal ownership. We are withdrawing the remaining funds from this facility. Especially as our institutions do not have enough funds to pay for utilities until the end of the year,» she noted.

It should be recalled that on 9 April, at a session of the Mykolaiv City Council, councillors approved the transfer of this maternity hospital to regional ownership. The facility is planned to be merged with the Regional Clinical Hospital, which is located nearby.

And on 16 April, deputies of the Mykolaiv Regional Council approved the transfer of Maternity Hospital №3 to regional ownership.

Earlier, deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council supported a decision to reorganise the city’s healthcare network, which involves the creation of a cluster hospital and the transfer of one of the maternity hospitals to the region’s ownership.

Previously, members of the Mykolaiv City Council’s specialist health committee had supported the reorganisation of the city’s hospitals. Also, Mykolaiv City Council member Olena Kiseliova reported that the reorganisation of Mykolaiv’s hospitals by merging them into a single structure would not lead to hospital closures or staff cuts, but was merely a change in legal form to secure additional funding from the National Health Service of Ukraine.