Un ente di beneficenza installa sale operatorie alimentate a energia solare in Ucraina mentre la guerra interrompe l’energia elettrica

>**A Scottish charity has completed the installation of six solar-powered children’s surgical theatres in western Ukraine, as the region faces ongoing bombing and power disruption in the war with Russia.**

>Kids Operating Room has completed the fit-out of six new paediatric operating rooms at a hospital in western Ukraine.

>The work was frequently interrupted by air raid sirens and the need for staff to rush to bomb shelters.

>Many of those who fled the full-scale war in other parts of Ukraine have settled in the west of the country.

>It is hoped the six new operating rooms will enable more than 12,000 additional operations to take place every year.

>The region has been frequently targeted by missile and drone bombardments, making electricity supplies uncertain.

>Garreth Wood, co-founder of Kids Operating Room, travelled to Ukraine for the installations.

>He said: “These children can’t wait for an end to the war.

>“Our job is to take the side of innocent children during any conflict and to make sure surgeons have the equipment they need to keep operating safely.

>“These new theatres represent practical, tangible support that allows local teams to continue their vital work.”

>Each operating room has been designed to international surgical standards and fitted with solar-powered systems to ensure the lights never go out during an operation.

>The hospital’s existing theatres depend on the national grid and generators.

>“These new operating rooms mean we can treat every child who needs us, even during blackouts or emergencies,” said Dr Zoryana Ivanyuk, the hospital’s deputy director and paediatric anaesthesiologist.

>“Before Kids Operating Room’s support, we sometimes had to delay vital operations.

>“Now we have the light, space and equipment to keep working safely.”

>Founded in 2018 by Edinburgh couple Nicola Wood MBE and Garreth Wood MBE, Kids Operating Room has installed 111 paediatric operating rooms across 36 countries.