What you need to do to be prepared and not panic if

 you need medical help during a

blackout .

The Ministry of Health has put together some tips for you.

  • If you or your children need regular medication, buy them with a supply for several months.

  • Take care of the supply of batteries for your medical gadgets (hearing aids, portable nebulizers).

    If you wear glasses or contact lenses, buy spares.

  • If the treatment requires electricity (such as a nebulizer), discuss alternatives with your doctor in case of a crisis.

  • Find out where the nearest hospital is, write down its address on a piece of paper.

    Download offline maps to your phone to find it when you need it, or better yet, go there to learn the way.

  • If you can't walk to the hospital and your family doesn't have a car, get to know your neighbors, talk to your friends, and try to arrange for one of them to help you get to the hospital in case of a crisis.

  • Rewrite the addresses of "Points of unbreakability" (not one, but at least 5-6 nearest ones) nezlamnist.gov.ua so that you know where to go to warm up and charge your gadgets if necessary.

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Threat of blackout in Ukraine

In case of a blackout and destruction of the infrastructure

, a complete lack of electricity supply, water supply, drainage, heat supply, in a very short period of time the temperature in the apartments may not differ much from the outside temperature.

Therefore, you need to stock up on technical and drinking water, long-term storage products, and also prepare warm things.

It is interesting that during the emergency blackouts in various regions of Ukraine 

after the Russian missile attack on November 23, the level of crime was reduced

.

And the number of accidents on Ukrainian highways decreased by 13%.

We will remind you that a charity initiative was organized in Kyiv to place

emergency aid boxes in the elevators of the capital's high-rise buildings

.

We have also collected for you

life hacks for surviving without electricity

, because a power outage very often leads to many other problems: no water, the stove does not work, you cannot iron clothes, cold batteries. 

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  • In Kyiv, they will introduce "manual shutdowns" of light: there will be no electricity where it used to be

  • On equal terms: DTEK Kyiv Electric Networks included 750 buildings in the list for disconnection

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