Medical network “Dobrobut” intends to continue its work on certification of the network according to JCI standards after the war, said Sergei Orel, chief operating officer of the capital’s multi-profile hospital “Dobrobut” on Bazhana Avenue.
“We are going in that direction. We cannot certify only one clinic on Bazhana Avenue, the entire network should be certified. This requires a lot of work, primarily with the staff. We have begun this process, and I think we will return to this after the war,” he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
At the same time, Sergei Orel clarified that the nurse already complies with all the standards required by the JCI.
“For example, every time a surgeon enters the operating room, he must introduce himself to the staff, give the patient’s name and surname, voice the type of surgery to be performed now, what risks – such a standard minimizes the number of errors that may occur,” he said.
State joint-stock company “Ukrposhta” from July, 1 will increase tariffs for sending parcels, but claims that they will remain lower than the prices of competitors by 20-30 %.
“The company was able to adjust to the new strict conditions. Even after the cost review, Ukrposhta’s rates will remain 20-30 percent lower than competitors,” the company said in a press release Friday.
According to it, the cost of delivery of items “Ukrposhta Express” will be increased on average by 10 UAH for items sent within one region and by 8 UAH – for items sent within the whole country. At the moment the cost of delivery “Ukrposhta Express” is within the city from 40 UAH for delivery up to 1 kg.
The company points out that since July 1, will also operate new tariffs for services “Ukrposhta Standard”, where the average increase is UAH 7 USD for delivery within Ukraine and UAH 10 – within a single region. In particular if now the delivery cost of parcel with the weight to 1 kg within Ukraine is 35 UAH, then after review it will increase to 42 UAH and the delivery of parcel from 5 to 10 kg will cost 70 UAH instead of 60 UAH.
In “Ukrposhta” noted that the cost of the service “Ukrposhta Documents” and the cost of courier pickup or delivery will increase by 5 UAH. The cost of the service for delivery of documents now is 45 UAH per 1 kg, including 30 UAH for the address fee.
At the same time, the company indicated that a flexible discount system will continue to operate for corporate clients of “Ukrposhta”.
According to the national postal operator, since July, 1 will also increase the cost of delivery of “small recommended packages” on all zones and parcels to seven countries of the Middle East (Algeria, Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia).
“These changes will be 10% of the current rates. This is the first price revision for international shipping due to external factors,” the company said.
Foreseeing possible changes, “Ukrposhta” prepared a service of priority delivery “small packages Prime” in 70 key countries of the world, the release said. According to it, its use will allow the customer to get a tariff that is lower than the current one by up to 18%.
Nova Post Group has launched its first Nova Post branch in the German capital, Berlin, a press release said Friday.
“We further plan to enter new markets and develop the network in those countries where we are already present, because we seek to logistically connect Ukraine to the world, and in time to connect all countries to each other,” said Nova Post co-owner Vladimir Popershnyuk, co-owner of Novaya Posta.
The company plans to open branches in Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Cologne by the end of the year.
According to the message of “Novaya Pochta” the delivery to Germany will be done in five days and the cost of the parcel will be defined according to the scheme: the parcel up to 1 kg – 250 UAH, up to 2 kg – 400 UAH, up to 10 kg – 600 UAH, and the parcel up to 30 kg – 1,2 thousand UAH.
In the first branch in Berlin private clients and business can receive and send parcels up to 100 kg, it is open from Monday to Saturday.
As it was reported, “Nova Posta” already works in Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Moldova and Romania.
Founded in 2001, Nova Posta now has more than 6 thousand branches in Ukraine. It provides a full range of logistics and related services.
The GC includes Ukrainian and foreign companies, such as Nova Posta, NP Logistic, NovaPay payment system and Nova Posta Global.
Depositing cash through terminals (PTC) to credit the account will require the payer to enter a cell phone number on the terminal screen, receive a one-time password on it and enter it on the terminal screen, confirming consent to perform the payment operation, the National Bank of Ukraine said.
“From August 1, 2023 requisites are added to receipts, which are formed when carrying out cash transactions with the use of payment devices, in particular, through PTCs. Thus, receipts for cash deposit transactions via PTKS for its crediting into accounts shall additionally contain the cell phone number of the payer,” reads a statement on its website on Friday.
At the same time, the NBU points out that this requirement doesn’t apply to such popular terminal payments as utility bills, payments for train tickets, urban and suburban transport fares, top-up travel and transport cards, payments for taxes, fines, administrative fees, charges and other payments to the budget.
Such rules are stipulated by the regulations of the National Bank № 90 of June 30, 2023, the release said.
Department of Science and Education of Kyiv Regional State Administration (KOSA) intends to buy 43 school buses for the expected amount of 127.84 million UAH until October 31, 2023.
According to the announced June 28 bidding on the procedure of request for bid prices, such proposals will be accepted until July 3.
Technical specifications specify, in particular, that the buses must be made not earlier than 2022, have 26 seats for pupils and two – for accompanying persons and crew members, comply with Euro 5.
As it was reported, the Cabinet of Ministers by its Resolution of 28 April 2023 approved the procedure and terms of granting subventions from the state budget to local budgets (this year’s subvention is 1 billion UAH) for the purchase of school buses.
Procurement is carried out using the electronic catalog (ProZorro Market) by the procedure of request for bid, allowing the customer to select the best price offer in four days and lower than in open bidding.
School buses are purchased on condition of co-financing from the state budget (at least 70%) and local budgets.
Subventions to the budget of Kyiv oblast makes up 87.95 million UAH.
As previously reported, a number of regions have already conducted or are conducting such purchases. In particular, the best offer in the similar procedure announced on June 23 for the purchase of 28 school buses of Odessa Regional State Administration was the offer of the Trading House “Etalon Auto” with buses of Chernihiv Automobile Plant for 82.46 million UAH. The second proposal was made by Dnipropetrovsk Avto JSC (UkrAvto corporation) with ZAZ buses for UAH 82.6 million (the expected purchase price).
Container Terminal Mostyska, a dry port near the Polish border, has installed oil transloading equipment at the terminal and is offering piggyback services, the company said on Facebook.
“To meet market demand for the transloading of liquid cargoes such as sunflower and soybean oil, the terminal is equipped with modern and high-performance pumping stations that allow it to transload large volumes of liquid cargo from cars to rail tank cars and from rail tank cars for 1520 mm gauge to 1435 mm tank cars,” Container Terminal Mostyska said in a statement.
According to the report, all liquid cargoes are weighed for both road and rail transport.
The terminal also has technological solutions for acceptance and dispatch of piggyback cargoes. The corresponding transports allow “to combine road and rail logistics due to the use of specialized equipment,” the company explained.
Container Terminal Mostyska, oil transshipment, piggyback services
