Renovations of the Children’s ICU at the Institute of Neurosurgery

This needs to be done fast, while everyone is on vacation and there aren’t as many kids in the ICU as there usually are. There are currently 1-2 kids there, as opposed to the regular 5-6 kids.
The main reason for the repairs is medical, not aesthetical.
The walls of the ICU are currently covered with plastic panels. At the junction points of which there are holes, plus parts of the plastic have cracked, and there are gaps between the panels and walls.
The room is always kept warm and humid, so that it’s easier for the postop children to breath; which are also the perfect conditions for the fungi reproduction, that hides in the cracks behind the panels and cannot be properly cleaned.
Main objective of the renovation — take down the plastic and put in tiles with biocidal instead. We also plan to put in new wiring and flatten the floors… So that we don’t need to come back to the question of renovations in a couple of years.
Below is the estimate provided by the construction company. We need 37,000 UAH ($1,600) plus 10,000 UAH ($450) for the door.

5/9/15 Update
Friends, we have a question for you!
We have raised 54,400 UAH ($2,350) for the renovations. However, as we told you before, the management has different plans for the Institute — full reconstruction of the 5th building of the Institute. Natasha talked to the construction crew, they plan to start work this fall and by the spring they will reach the our second floor clinic. After they are done with the outside, full reconstruction of the children’s clinic and ICU will be done as well. So there is no point for us to spend money and time on our planned renovations now, as they will be torn down in a year or so.
We have two options for the raised funds. Both are equally important. So, we leave the decision to you — please comment with your thoughts.
Purchase of the syringe pump for the nursery and the ICU. Syringe pumps are used to administer exact amounts of medicine to the low-weight and newborn children. We need 14 of them. These money, however, will be enough for 2 or 3.
Opening of the consult room at Ohmatdet. As you know, there is a small neurosurgical department at Ohmatdet now. It just opened. And it is good, as it is very hard for the doctors to keep running between the two hospitals with the necessary equipment…
So, friends, you choose!

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26/8/2015 Update
Guys, you are amazing! I couldn’t even dream of such an amount being raised for my birthday! 28,096 UAH ($1,120). This is the most expensive gift in my life! We’re closing the fundraiser for the renovations!
However, one unexpected issue has come up. Just this Friday. As it turns out, there’s some company that is getting ready to do a full reconstruction of the 5th building of the Institute of Neurosurgery, where our ICU is located.
We’ve heard talk of it for a couple of years now, and the doctors have already given up on the hope that it will actually happen some day. But it seems that it really is happening. Natasha is going to find out if it is true, and what is the time frame. It it’s just a ‘maybe in a year’ — we will do our renovations, if they’re actually about to start work — we will transfer the raised funds to a different program of your choosing: either the consult room at the Ohmatdet hospital or the purchase of the syringe pumps.
We will give you more details as soon as we know anything.
In any case, thanks to you, our children’s treatment will be a little bit easier!
Thank you!

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18/8/2015 Update
Each day we are faced with the increased levels of criminal activity in our country :(
Thieves have stolen 50,000 UAH ($2,170) from a bag of the people who were on their way to put these money into our account… For the renovations.
They did not give up, however, and still gave us 26,500 UAH ($1,150).
Thank you! We’re just speechless!
We have more than half of the amount now.

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