In brief

• A Dnipro hospital performed 18 complex operations overnight despite a citywide power outage.
• It has 134 patients on mechanical ventilation, and its director spoke of more than 100.
• Russian strikes on energy facilities in Dnipropetrovska oblast overnight into 31 October left much of Dnipro without power.
• The hospital is preparing for prolonged outages.

Surgeries continue during the outage

A hospital in Dnipro carried out 18 complex operations overnight, although electricity was cut across much of the city (134 пацієнти перебувають на апараті ШВЛ. У лікарні Дніпра розповіли про роботу під час блекауту – Suspilne). Its general director, Serhiy, said medical staff kept working and continued to admit patients.

Ventilator patients

The hospital currently has 134 patients on mechanical ventilation. In his comments, the director put the number at more than 100.

Blackout backdrop

Overnight into 31 October, Russian forces again struck energy facilities in Dnipropetrovska oblast, seriously damaging equipment (РФ повторно атакувала енергообʼєкти Дніпропетровщини: без світла значна частина Дніпра та декілька районів області – Suspilne). According to DTEK, a large part of Dnipro and several districts of the region remained without power.

Preparing for longer outages

The hospital is preparing to operate for an extended period if power cuts continue.