Reproductive centre to be set up in Mykolaiv on the basis of «Dubky»

By the end of 2025, Mykolaiv City Hospital №3 (Dubky) plans to set up a reproductive endocrinology department and modernise the neonatal intensive care unit.

This was announced by Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych during a press conference at the mayor's office on 30 July, according to NikVesti.

Other announced projects include a rehabilitation unit at the same third hospital, the construction of a water and recreation complex, and the opening of a prosthetic and orthopaedic workshop at City Hospital №4 in cooperation with German partners.

A cardiometabolic unit is planned to be set up in Hospital №1. It is also planned to renovate family medicine outpatient clinics №1, №2, №3 and №5 and repair shelters in hospitals №1 and No. 3, as well as in a children's healthcare facility.

Reorganisation of Mykolaiv hospitals

As you know, Mykolaiv's healthcare department has come up with an initiative to reduce the number of hospitals in the city from six to three by merging them. In addition to merging hospitals, the reform will also include Maternity Hospital №3, which, unlike other maternity hospitals in the city that were merged with hospitals last year and became departments, remained an independent legal entity.

• The ambulance hospital and hospital №4 are to be merged with hospital №1;
• Maternity Hospital No. 3 and Children's Hospital №2 — to Hospital №3 (Dubky);
• Hospital №5 (Korabelnyi district) will not be affected by the reform.

During the commission meeting, Iryna Shamrai, Head of the Mykolaiv Health Department, explained that the need to reorganise and merge large hospitals in Mykolaiv this year was due to the requirements of the National Health Service of Ukraine to provide full funding for medical services.

Olena Kiseliova, the head of the deputy commission on legality of the Mykolaiv City Council and a member of the European Solidarity party, expressed strong criticism of the plans to reorganise the city's medical network.

However, on 29 May, members of the Mykolaiv City Council unanimously withdrew the issue of reorganising the city's medical institutions from the session's agenda, as it had not passed the relevant and other commissions.

Therefore, at the next session of the Mykolaiv City Council, which will be held on 26 June, the project to merge Maternity Hospital №3 and Children's Hospital №2 with City Hospital №3 was reintroduced («Dubky»).

In addition, the deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council were offered a new decision to merge the city' s medical institutions, and now the first aid station and hospital №1 are proposed to be merged with hospital №4. Previously, it was proposed to unite medical institutions around the first hospital.

On Tuesday, 8 June, the deputies gathered for the second plenary meeting of the 45th session to consider the reorganisation of municipal healthcare facilities. However, the decisions did not receive the required number of votes.