Enhancing Accessibility of Medical Services for Individuals with Disabilities in Odessa
The Odessa City Health Department is actively working to enhance the accessibility of medical services for individuals with disabilities.
This includes the installation of ramps, elevators, accessible restrooms, clear navigation, and the ability for wheelchair users to move freely within medical facilities.
Measures are being taken in healthcare facilities to create an obstruction-free environment for patients, such as: designated parking spaces with appropriate signage, tactile paving installation, ramp access at entrances, ensuring elevator functionality, adapting restrooms to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities, and providing information navigation using Braille.
Additional consultation rooms are available on the ground floors for patient examinations, including those with special needs.
The principle of barrier-free access is being implemented in all outpatient and inpatient healthcare facilities. Additionally, renovation works were carried out to ensure accessible entrances in the Primary Healthcare Center No. 2, and consultation-diagnostic centers No. 20 and No. 29.
In the city clinical hospitals No. 1, No. 10, No. 11, and the Municipal Children's Clinical Hospital No. 3, work is ongoing to create inclusive wards that meet modern accessibility requirements for patients with various disabilities, including severe cases requiring continuous assistance.
This involves equipping them with functional beds, vital signs monitoring systems, ceiling or mobile lifts, and more.
With the support of charitable foundations, the city's healthcare facilities have additionally received inclusive equipment, such as gynecological chairs with lifts and more.
