DTEK Dnipro Grids has improved power supply to six hospitals in Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region

Thermal power generation25 March 2022

Energy workers have ensured stable power supply to hospitals in Dnipropetrovsk region, which take injured and wounded people. In order to ensure reliable power supply, DTEK Dnipro Grids has created additional power reserves for the six medical institutions in Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region, thus increasing current power by 30%.

Since the beginning of the military aggression, DTEK Dnipro Grids workers have conducted additional inspections of the grids that feed hospitals and other important strategic facilities, eliminated deficiencies and provided additional power capacities, where it was required.

«In the conditions of military activities, it is vital to ensure continuous power supply to region’s residents, enterprises, communication systems and medical institutions, which now take injured and wounded people from the country’s hot spots. We have increased facilities’ existing power capacities for these hospitals by 30%, reaching 520 kWt. It will help ensure stable power supply for our heroes-doctors to continue working without interruptions,» — says Andrii Tereschiuk, Head of DTEK Dnipro Grids.

Since the beginning of military aggression, the Company has been in tight cooperation with municipal and regional authorities in order to ensure reliable power supply to the critical infrastructure facilities.

In response to requests from Dnipro medical institutions, energy workers have provided additional power reserves for two city hospitals, phthisiology and regional clinical hospital, which took on the main burden related to saving of the wounded. In a week, grids were reequipped and larger capacity equipment was installed here. Additional line of self-insulated wire, feeding clinical hospital’s oxygen stations, was laid to power oxygen generator. Similar backup lines were created in other city hospitals as well. Additionally, a larger capacity transformer was installed in one of the Kamianske’s city hospitals and power supply of the hospital in Novomoskovsk was improved in order to ensure reliable power supply.

Energy workers are monitoring power supply of the regional medical institutions. DTEK Dnipro Grids repair crews are transferred to the emergency and recovery operating mode and are ready to promptly restore service in case of blackouts. Workers have specific guidelines related to operations in emergencies and are provided with everything needed to restore operation of equipment in case of damage, caused by hostilities.

As of now, the entire critical infrastructure operates stably. There are no power outages.

As stated earlier, since the beginning of the war, DTEK group started supplying power to medical institutions and bread producers in Kyiv, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk region free of charge.