Solar-powered theatres double surgical capacity at major children’s hospital in Ukraine.

A major installation of solar-powered surgical theatres in western Ukraine is enabling thousands more children to receive lifesaving operations, amid the devastation of war.

Scottish global health charity Kids Operating Room has completed the fit-out of six new paediatric operating rooms at a leading hospital in western Ukraine, a region increasingly overwhelmed by displaced families and targeted attacks.

The complex installation, which included the deployment of the charity’s award-winning solar surgery system, was frequently interrupted by air raid sirens and time spent in underground bomb shelters. Now complete however, the six new operating rooms will enable more than 12,000 additional operati

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