Ukraine health system in danger of collapse as reforms stall

A patient sleeps on a bed at a clinic in the village of Staiky, south of Kiev, Ukraine, November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

STAIKY, Ukraine (Reuters) - Paint is flaking on the damp walls and cracked ceilings of the small hospital in the Ukrainian village of Staiky and much of the equipment is over 30 years old.

Running hot water is not guaranteed and the hospital, serving about 2,800 people in Staiky and other villages, has not been refurbished since Soviet times.