A commission is being set up in Pivdennoukrainsk to investigate the reasons behind the financial crisis at the city hospital

Pivdennoukrainsk City Hospital. Photo from the hospital’s Facebook page

Plans are afoot in Pivdennoukrainsk to set up a temporary oversight committee to investigate why the city’s general hospital has found itself in a crisis situation.

A draft resolution to this effect has been published on the city council’s website, according to NikVesti.

As is well known, due to the difficult financial situation at the city hospital, the possibility of staff cuts is being considered, as well as the closure of the maternity and paediatric wards.

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However, as noted in the draft resolution, the head of the health department is advised not to approve any changes to the hospital’s staffing structure until the city council has voted on the commission’s findings.

The commission is to examine the hospital’s financial, legal and other documents, analyse how budget funds were used, and establish the reasons that led to the current situation.

The commission is to comprise members of the city council. Following their work, they are to prepare conclusions and recommendations for the city council.

As a reminder, the Pivdennoukrainsk City Multidisciplinary Hospital is requesting that 8.6 million hryvnias of financial aid, received from the local community on a repayable basis, be written off.

Meanwhile, following an order from Serhii Lupov, the chief medical officer of the Pivdennoukrainsk City Hospital, the obstetrics and gynaecology department and the paediatric department are to be closed from September. Hospital staff are calling on the city authorities to take action.

After the order was shared on social media, the hospital’s director, Serhii Lupov, commented on the situation himself. He stated that the decision was not linked to the administration’s desire to cut back on medical care, but rather to the consequences of healthcare reform, the demographic situation and the requirements of the National Health Service of Ukraine.

It should be noted that, due to the nature of the healthcare reform and insufficient funding for certain healthcare service packages, the hospital has found itself in a difficult financial situation. A special working group was set up at the hospital to find ways out of the crisis. However, no final proposals have yet been agreed upon. Earlier, at a meeting of the Pivdennoukrainsk City Council’s parliamentary committee on health care, it was reported that the hospital’s director, Serhii Lupov, had refused to take part in the working group’s activities.