--- title: "Cabinet of Ministers approves new rules for hospital operations during air raids: surgeries and resuscitation continue uninterrupted" description: "The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved updated rules for hospital operations during air raids: at the “red” level, staff and patients move to shelters, but surgeries, resuscitation, and emergency care continue uninterrupted." date: 2026-09-21T17:18:20.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/hospitals-during-air-raids-new-cabinet-rules tags: [ukraine, hospitals, air-alerts, emergency-medicine, government] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Cabinet of Ministers approves new rules for hospital operations during air raids: surgeries and resuscitation continue uninterrupted ![Nurse in a hospital room with beds and equipment: hospitals keep operating during air raid alerts](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/22/bolnitsy-vremya-vozdushnyh-trevog-novye-pravila-kabmin/bolnitsy-vremya-vozdushnyh-trevog-novye-pravila-kabmin-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - The Cabinet of Ministers approved new rules for hospital operations during air raids, as announced by Prime Minister Serhiy Horybal. - At the “yellow” level, medical facilities operate in normal mode but must ensure access to shelters; at the “red” level, staff and patients immediately move to safe locations. - Surgeries, resuscitation, intensive care, and the acceptance of patients in urgent conditions are not interrupted regardless of the threat level. - The protection of operating blocks, resuscitation units, maternity departments, and rooms with generators and critical equipment has been ordered to be strengthened. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved updated rules for the operation of medical facilities during air raids. This was announced by Prime Minister Serhiy Horybal, according to RBC-Ukraine. The document establishes how hospitals must operate depending on the threat level and which types of care must be provided continuously, regardless of alert signals. ### What has changed in the operation of medical facilities The key principle of the new rules is the differentiation of operating modes by threat level. At the “yellow” level, medical facilities continue to operate in normal mode, but management is required to ensure full and unobstructed access for patients, visitors, and staff to shelters. In other words, the treatment process does not stop, but the safety infrastructure must be ready for immediate use. ### Operating mode at the “yellow” and “red” threat levels With the declaration of the “red” threat level, the logic changes: staff and patients must immediately move to safe locations. At the same time, as Horybal emphasized, care that is dangerous to interrupt does not cease — in particular, during surgeries, resuscitation, and intensive care. Patients who cannot be transported quickly continue to be treated in the safest rooms. Providing medical care, dispensing medications, and accommodating patients are explicitly permitted in shelters and protected zones. ### Continuity of emergency and urgent care The Prime Minister separately stressed that emergency medicine operates continuously: patients in urgent conditions are accepted regardless of the threat level. Dispatch services continue to receive calls, and ambulance teams respond to patients in the usual manner. Thus, the new rules do not create “blind spots” in the emergency care system — they merely clarify the procedure for moving people and placing equipment. ### Strengthening the protection of critical units The Cabinet of Ministers also ordered the strengthening of protection for critical hospital units. The priority list includes operating blocks, resuscitation units, maternity and admission departments, as well as rooms housing generators and important medical equipment. Special attention will be paid to the locations of patients who cannot be quickly moved to a shelter — these zones must receive an enhanced level of physical protection. ### Context: new rules for transport and postal services The update to hospital rules is part of a broader package of changes linked to the introduction of new operating rules for railway transport and stations during air raids, where train schedules and passenger boarding procedures may change depending on the threat level. Meanwhile, “Ukrposhta” stated that the differentiation of air raids has not affected the operating schedules of its branches: postal, financial, and social services are provided under the existing safety algorithms. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Hospitals will operate differently during air raids: Cabinet of Ministers approves rules](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/likarni-pratsyuvatimut-pid-chas-povitryanih-1790010359.html) - Первичное сообщение о решении Кабмина и заявлении премьера Корецкого о режимах работы при «жёлтом» и «красном» уровнях угрозы. - [How medical facilities will operate during alerts: Cabinet of Ministers approves new rules](https://tsn.ua/ru/ukrayina/kak-budut-rabotat-meduchrezhdeniya-vo-vremya-trevogi-kabmin-utverdil-novye-pravila-3172847.html) - Независимое подтверждение утверждения новых правил работы медучреждений во время тревоги. - [Hospitals will operate differently during alerts: Cabinet of Ministers sets new rules](https://today.ua/ru/493996-likarni-pid-chas-trivog-pracyuvatimut-inakshe-kabmin-viznachiv-novi-pravila/) - Ещё одно независимое издание подтверждает факт определения Кабмином новых правил работы больниц во время тревог. - [Air raid: residents of several regions of Latvia received an emergency alert](https://news.mail.ru/incident/71987473/) - Материал о воздушной тревоге в Латвии, не связан с правилами работы украинских больниц; в статью не использован. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What happens in hospitals at the “yellow” threat level? **A:** Medical facilities operate in normal mode, while management is required to ensure full and unobstructed access for patients, visitors, and staff to shelters. ### Q: What changes at the “red” threat level? **A:** Staff and patients must immediately move to safe locations, however, care that is dangerous to interrupt (surgeries, resuscitation, intensive care) is not ceased. ### Q: Is the acceptance of patients in urgent conditions stopped during an alert? **A:** No. Emergency medicine operates continuously: patients in urgent conditions are accepted regardless of the threat level, dispatch services receive calls, and ambulance teams respond to patients. ### Q: Which hospital units will receive enhanced protection? **A:** Operating blocks, resuscitation units, maternity and admission departments, as well as rooms with generators and important medical equipment; special attention will be paid to the locations of patients who cannot be quickly moved.