OREANDA-NEWS. On June 25, 2008 the reconstructed children department of Pavlograd City Hospital No.1 was launched, reported the press-centre of SCM.

The event was attended by: MP of Ukraine Pavel Korzh, Chairman of Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council Yuriy Vilkul, City Mayor of Pavlograd Vladimir Kuklin, Advisor on Social Sphere Restructuring at Donbass Fuel-Energy Company (DTEK) Viktor Kozlov, CEO of Pavlogradugol Nikolay Tishchenko, and Director for Social Development at Pavlogradugol Oleg Portretniy.
 
DTEK and Pavlogradugol have provided UAH 580,000 to realize the project of renovation of children department in the framework of Social Partnership Program. The funds helped reconstruct and overhaul the rooms of the fourth unit in the department designed for the second stage of nursing of premature babies as well as the admission room. The floor was repaired, all plumbing equipment, furniture, and doors were replaced with new ones, and walls were covered with cold-proof materials. In addition, shower cabins were installed at all four units of the department. The hospital heat network was fully reconstructed. A boiler facility was created for efficient distribution of heat across units.
 
The children department has not seen any overhaul since its launch in 1967. Reconstruction started in 2006 with installation of a tent roof, replacement of windows, hot and cold water supply networks, and repair of plinth and other rooms. Over UAH 300,000 non-budget funds were spent. The regional subvention for reconstruction of the children department made UAH 118,000; UAH 572,000 were provided by the local budget; and over UAH 55,000 were donated by employees of state-run companies of the city. Now the children facility meets of all medical institution standards and can host 40 children and their mothers at the same time.
 
"Thanks to the reconstruction and improvement of treatment and health improvement base, our children department is one of the best in Dnepropetrovsk Region. We can save lives of premature babies that weight 0.5 kg and more. . Thank you very much to Donbass Fuel-Energy Company and Pavlogradugol for caring for medicine and the exceptional program of social partnership, the results of which are clear for Pavlograd citizens already today", - said chief of children department Nataliya Kosheleva.        
 
"We are pleased that businesses are investing significant funds in development of medicine. Because this area expected to ensure health of our society suffers from the biggest lack of finances in Ukraine. I believe that we will ensure a high level of health care in Pavlograd through joint efforts of regional and city government as well as the biggest city-forming enterprise Pavlogradugol. Citizens of our city will receive a high-quality and effective medical aid as a result of this cooperation. Repair of the children department is not the first example of cooperation between business and the government. A reconstructed cardiology department was launched in May, 2008. This project was also funded by DTEK and Pavlogradugol in the framework of Social Partnership Program. This shows that partnership relations of business and authorities are systematic", commented Pavlograd mayor Vladimir Kuklin.