The Donetsk Regional Council announces the winners of the regional selection round for the "Order of St. Panteleimon" award for the 2025–2026 season.
The Sloviansk Central District Hospital is located directly in the combat zone within the Mykolaiv community. Despite constant shelling and extreme conditions, the facility has not ceased operations for a single day.
The hospital serves as a medical safety hub for five communities in Donetsk Oblast: Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Sviatohirsk, Andriivka, and Sloviansk.
In frontline conditions, the facility has maintained the ability to immediately isolate patients with infectious diseases, which is critical for preventing epidemics in areas near the front.
Despite the war, the hospital remains a modern clinical base where future generations of doctors are trained, gaining experience working in extremely challenging practical conditions.
It provides round-the-clock inpatient and emergency care, outpatient and polyclinic services, prenatal care, dental care, and specialized palliative care for terminally ill patients, which requires particular sensitivity and dedication during wartime.
For its resilience and fortitude, the facility is a nominee from Donetsk Oblast and is vying for the highest public award—the “Order of St. Panteleimon”—in the special category “Fortress of Health.”
It is the medical facilities of the Donetsk region that are true bastions of health, demonstrating every day their strength, courage, selflessness, and love for their homeland as they work under extremely difficult conditions, saving lives and restoring health to both the civilian population and our defenders.
We wholeheartedly believe in and wish to see the “Order of St. Panteleimon” awarded to an exceptionally worthy medical institution, the Sloviansk Central District Hospital.
Based on materials from the Donetsk Regional Council, “Order of St. Panteleimon” Award