UOC Khmelnytskyi Eparchy donates 5 ventilators to the military & hospitals

Metropolitan Viktor with the military. Photo: the press service of the Khmelnytskyi Eparchy

During the Great Lent of 2025, the Khmelnytskyi Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), in collaboration with the charitable organization MBF "UKREVROFOND," provided the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and medical institutions in the Khmelnytskyi region with 5 portable artificial ventilation devices, reports the press service of the eparchy.

The total cost of the medical equipment provided amounted to 2,250,000 hryvnias.

The ventilation devices were distributed among the military units of the Armed Forces A5003 and A3267, as well as the Derazhnia Multidisciplinary Hospital, the Vinkivtsi District Hospital, and the Yarmolynets Multidisciplinary Hospital.

The Church expresses gratitude to all participants of the charitable initiative, whose contributions help save human lives.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that the Khmelnytskyi Eparchy of the UOC donated a ventilation device to the Armed Forces for 450 thousand hryvnias.

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