Foreign companies are interested in entering the Ukrainian electronic health care system market, and the Ministry of Health intends to assist them, Deputy Health Minister Yaroslav Kucher said during a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
“There is an interest from many countries around the world in our system, how it works and whether it is possible to enter the market. It is the best time for this now. Our team is ready to assist new companies, but first of all we support the national producer,” he said.
The deputy minister added that the Ministry of Health is working on approving the concept of the electronic health care system and developing an action plan. In addition, Kucher noted that from 2021 all medical institutions should have access to the electronic health care system.
“In accordance with order of the Ministry of Health No. 587, from January 1, 2021, all medical institutions and private entrepreneurs who have received the appropriate license must be able to enter medical records on referrals and prescriptions for medicines, have access to the electronic health care system respectively,” he said.
Kucher also added that Ukraine had already introduced electronic medical certificates of birth. “As of Wednesday morning, the first document of a newborn has been written out more than 6,000 times. The leaders in issuing such documents are Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, as well as Kyiv,” he said.
ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, FOREIGN COMPANIES, UKRAINIAN MARKET
Energy generating company PJSC Donbasenergo in January-September 2020 received a net profit of UAH 1.393 million against UAH 69.257 million of net loss for the same period last year.
According to the company’s statement in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, its net income for the reporting period increased by 9.8% (by UAH 429.648 million), to UAH 4.802 billion, and gross profit by 4.8% (by UAH 16.954 million), to UAH 367.828 million.
Donbasenergo (Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant) in the nine months produced 2.166 billion kWh of electricity (less 11.4% compared to January-September 2019), released 1.948 billion kWh (less by 11.8%), and production of heat energy amounted to 31,311 Gcal (less by 19.8%).
In addition, Donbasenergo announced a general meeting of shareholders scheduled for November 28, 2020, at which, in particular, it is planned to approve reports on the results of the company’s activities for 2019, as well as approve the main directions of the company’s activities for 2020-2022.
As reported, Donbasenergo received a net loss of UAH 68.997 million in 2019 against UAH 104.111 million of net profit in 2018.
Ukraine and France may sign an agreement within the framework of the Mixed Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in the near future, Head of the Ukrainian side of the commission, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has said.
“We have been working on the details of a common project with the French side for a long time and in the near future we can reach an intergovernmental agreement that will fully meet the needs of Ukraine. Including the requirements set by the President of Ukraine regarding the localization of production at Ukrainian enterprises,” Avakov said at a meeting with CEO of ALSTOM Henri Poupart-Lafarge on Tuesday, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports.
At a meeting with the participation of the French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins and the general director of Ukrzaliznytsia Volodymyr Zhmak, the parties discussed the prospects for implementation of the ALSTOM electric locomotive supply project with partial localization of their production and maintenance in Ukraine.
“We have a very outdated fleet of locomotives and we need to strategically update it. At this stage, we are interested in 50 two-system electric locomotives capable of transporting from 5,500 to 6,000 tonnes of cargo. We need these locomotives with a long-term maintenance system and localized production in Ukraine. At the second stage, we are interested in obtaining single-system locomotives,” Zhmak said during the negotiations.
Poupart-Lafarge, in turn, assured that ALSTOM could be a reliable and long-term partner for Ukrzaliznytsia and Ukraine.
“We have been working on the market for many years and we can meet the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia. ALSTOM has experience in working in markets with the localization of production and service capacities. This strengthens our cooperation and creates new jobs. In particular, we work in this way in Kazakhstan and South Africa,” he said.
De Poncins said that over the past two years, taking into account the active implementation of helicopter (Airbus Helicopters) and ship (OSEA) projects of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, a humanitarian project to improve water supply in Mariupol with the prospect of its spread to Luhansk region, the total cost of all economic cooperation programs between Ukraine and France is EUR 800 million.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 28/10/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of October 28
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club has played a 0-0 draw with Inter Milan in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
At the Olympiysky National Sports Complex (NSC) on Tuesday, the Ukrainian champion managed to keep his gates intact in the match against the team, to which he lost with a score of 0:5 in the semifinals of the Europa League in Dusseldorf, Germany, in the mid-August.
In the first round, Shakhtar beat Real Madrid with a score of 3:2, and after two rounds, the “miners” have four points and the first place in the group so far.
