Searches in the regional children's hospital in Mykolaiv: in addition to the appropriation of property, the police are investigating the forgery of documents that caused damage

UPDATED December 4, 2023, 2:40 p.m. We corrected the material because it referred to Article 366 (note 2), instead of Part 2 of Article 366. Thus, the criminal case is not being investigated based on the fact of false information in the declaration, but on the fact of forging documents.

Oleksandr Plitkin, chief physician of the Mykolaiv Regional Children's Clinical Hospital

The Office of Strategic Investigations in the Mykolaiv Region of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine, together with the investigators of the State Police in the Mykolaiv Region, are conducting a pre-trial investigation into the fact of official falsification of documents and the introduction of unreliable information by the management of the regional children's clinical hospital.

This was reported by NikVesti in the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine.

It was previously reported that on November 30, searches were conducted at the place of work and residence of the chief doctor of the regional children's hospital, Oleksandr Plitkin, and his deputy, Iryna Tkachenko, as part of criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code (Empropriation, embezzlement of property or taking it by abuse of official position). Part 4 of the article defines deprivation of liberty for a period of five to eight years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years for wasting someone else's property in large amounts or under martial law.

At the same time, the police reported that the pre-trial investigation continues under one more article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, namely part 2 of article 366 of the Criminal Code: drawing up, issuing by an official of knowingly false official documents, entering knowingly false information into official documents, other falsification of official documents, which caused serious consequences. It is punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of 2 two to 5 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to 3 years, with a fine of 250 to 750 of the tax-free minimum income of citizens.

We will remind you that in July 2023, during a visit to Mykolaiv, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the regional children's hospital. Then he criticized the condition of the wards in the medical institution. While in one of the wards, Volodymyr Zelenskyy drew attention to the fact that the room was not adapted for a comfortable stay there. In particular, the ward lacks cornices, curtains, and air conditioning. After President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the condition of the wards in the Mykolaiv Regional Children's Hospital, the institution began repairs in the surgical department and installed air conditioners in eight wards.

On August 16, the State Bureau of Investigation reported the discovery of a large-scale scheme to make money by issuing «false» medical certificates of unfitness for military service at the Mykolaiv Regional Mental Health Center. According to the investigation, this «business» was organized by the director of the medical institution, Viktor Taran, involving subordinate doctors who produced the necessary certificates, and a law enforcement officer who was engaged in recruiting clients.

However, the acting director of the Mykolaiv Regional Mental Health Center, Victor Taran, who, according to the SSU, organized a scheme for the production of certificates for evasions from mobilization, remained in his post.

In September, the prosecutor of the Mykolayiv region, Dmytro Kazak, reported that there is currently only one suspect in the case of issuing «false» certificates in a mental hospital — a law enforcement officer, who, according to the State Bureau of Investigation, was an intermediary.