Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Markéta Pekarová Adamová attended the official opening of the prenatal medicine center in Lviv, western Ukraine. The center’s equipment for 10 million crowns was purchased from Czech humanitarian aid funds. The Speaker also visited the regional hospital for war veterans or the place that was the target of a bloody Russian attack not long before her arrival.
“I would like to thank everyone who, with their persistent efforts, made the entire project a reality. The maternity hospital here is not only a concrete result of the fruitful Czech-Ukrainian cooperation but also a symbol of the hope of the defending Ukrainians for a better future. It is our basic duty to strengthen this hope as actively as possible,” said the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, on the spot.
The center’s equipment, consisting of delivery beds, gynecological chairs, and baby incubators in the total amount of 10 million crowns, was purchased from humanitarian aid funds coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
“Our primary goal is to ensure greater safety here for the most vulnerable – pregnant women, newborns, and their mothers. The very fact that it is a maternity hospital in a shelter is unfortunately another proof of the barbaric nature of the Russian armed forces, which do not hesitate to direct their rockets even at children’s hospitals,” added the speaker of the House of Representatives, Markéta Pekarová Adamová.
Together with the Vice-President of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Olena Kondratyuk, the President also visited the Lviv Regional Hospital for War Veterans in Vynnyky. The reconstruction of the operating room there was also made possible thanks to financial support from the Czech Republic. In addition, Czech companies participated in both humanitarian projects.
“I believe that our contribution will help one of the largest local hospitals to provide much-needed health care to war veterans and other vulnerable groups who have had absolutely appalling and often very traumatizing experiences behind them,” added chairwoman Markéta Pekarová Adamová.
As part of her visit, the Speaker also honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Lychakovsky cemetery. She also personally visited the place, which just a few hours earlier became the target of a Russian attack, which claimed the lives of several innocent people.