By itself, the reduction of beds in Ukrainian hospitals will not lead to an improvement in the quality of medical services provided.
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The president of the All-Ukrainian Council for the Protection of the Rights and Safety of Patients, Viktor Serdyuk, pointed out this problem during a press conference in Kyiv.
“The beds themselves do not increase or decrease,” the expert emphasized. – New technologies are emerging that lead to a decrease in the number of beds. And you can’t just take them and use them for scrap metal, as [former health minister] Kvitashvili did, and sell these armored beds and make money on scrap metal. I calculated that if a hospital with 600 beds was liquidated, then approximately 20 thousand hryvnia could be earned on beds and batteries. But what about health workers? It will again be a kind of “Ukrainian Chainsaw Massacre” – blockbuster number five.”
“At one time, [Finance Minister] Yaresko praised Kvitashvili for being the only minister who did not ask for an increase in healthcare funding,” Serdyuk noted. – And the reduction by 2,5 billion was justified like this: you have fewer beds, you don’t need more. If we cut beds, the next finance minister will praise the next minister.”