The Ministry of Health told which hospitals provide free organ transplants

1 July 2024 16:15

For several years now, Ukraine has been fully covering the cost of transplantation operations to make them available to every patient. This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Ministry of Health.

Since 2024, transplantation has been included in the Medical Guarantee Programme. In other words, the cost of transplantation in medical institutions that have a relevant agreement with the NHSU is guaranteed to be reimbursed by the state.

The agency stressed that the National Health Service of Ukraine has currently concluded agreements with 36 medical institutions across the country under the “Treatment of Adults and Children by Organ Transplantation” package.

Thanks to this project, 316 organ transplants were performed in 2021, 384 in 2022, and 585 in 2023.

in 2024, 261 Ukrainians used this service.

The service is provided by:

NDSL “Okhmatdyt” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Lviv Territorial Medical Association. “Multidisciplinary Clinical Hospital of Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Care
State Institution “Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”
State Institution “National Scientific Centre of Surgery and Transplantation named after O.O. Shalimov of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”
Clinical Centre of Oncology, Haematology, Transplantation and Palliative Care of Cherkasy Regional Council
LLC “Capital”
Kyiv City Centre for Nephrology and Dialysis of the executive body of the Kyiv City Council
Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Hospital named after M.I. Pirogov of Vinnytsia Regional Council
Clinical Hospital “Feofania” of the State Administration of Ukraine
State Institution “Scientific and Practical Medical Centre of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”
Regional Clinical Hospital of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council
Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital of the Odesa Regional Council
Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the executive body of the Kyiv City Council
Municipal Enterprise “Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital” of the Volyn Regional Council
Municipal Enterprise of Lviv Regional Council “Western Ukrainian Specialised Children’s Medical Centre”
Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital of the Kyiv Regional Council
Ternopil Regional Clinical Hospital of the Ternopil Regional Council
Chernivtsi Regional Clinical Hospital of the Chernivtsi Regional Council
Regional Clinical Hospital named after O.F. Herbachevsky of Zhytomyr Regional Council
Khmelnytsky Regional Hospital of the Khmelnytsky Regional Council
Kharkiv Regional Medical Clinical Centre of Urology and Nephrology named after V.I. Shapoval, Kharkiv Regional Council
Kovel City District Territorial Medical Association of Kovel City Council of Volyn Oblast
Central City Hospital of Rivne City Council
Dnipropetrovs’k Regional Clinical Hospital named after I.I. Mechnikov of Dnipropetrovs’k Regional Council
St Martin’s Hospital of the Dnipro Regional Council
Central City Clinical Hospital of Ivano-Frankivsk City Council
Municipal enterprise “Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital of Kyiv” of the executive body of the Kyiv City Council
Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital of the Lviv Regional Council
Mykolaiv Regional Clinical Hospital of the Mykolaiv Regional Council
Sumy Regional Council “Sumy Regional Clinical Hospital”
Kharkiv Regional Clinical Hospital of the Kharkiv Regional Council
Chernihiv Medical Centre for Modern Oncology of the Chernihiv Regional Council
Zaporizhzhia Regional Clinical Hospital of Zaporizhzhia Regional Council
Cherkasy Regional Cardiology Centre of Cherkasy Regional Council
State Institution “Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery of NAMSU”
Central City Clinical Hospital of Sumy City Council.

The Medical Guarantees Programme includes packages of medical services related to the provision of emergency, primary, specialised and palliative care, healthcare rehabilitation, medical care for children under 16 years of age, and maternity care on an extraterritorial and budget neutral basis.

Organ transplantation is free of charge in Ukraine. Medical institutions that have a contract with the National Health Service of Ukraine under the relevant package receive reimbursement from the state for

provision of medical services in the pre-transplant period,
transplantation itself,
provision of medical services in the post-transplant period.

The NHSU also pays UAH 41 thousand for the provision of medical services at the pre-transplant stage, and the transplant tariff depends on the organ to be transplanted: