After 4 days, the Mykolayiv RMA still does not know about the searches due to the embezzlement of the property of the regional children's hospital: «There is nothing to comment on»

Yurii Hranaturov, the deputy head of the Mykolayiv Regional Military Administration for Medical Affairs, said that he was not aware of the raids due to the embezzlement of the property of the regional children's clinical hospital.

He informed about this in a comment to the correspondent of NikVesti.

«I found out about it from an open source, from your website (NikVesti publication, — note). I saw it for the first time a few minutes ago. There is nothing to comment now. I don't have any information. In official comments, we use official sources. The official sources are all known to you, you can rely on them. You can not comment on everything else, because there are no facts and no specifics,» said Yurii Hranaturov.

Yuriy Granaturov

Oleksandr Plitkin

To the question of whether he will deal with this situation, the deputy head of the RMA answered: «When there is official information from law enforcement agencies with concrete results or any wishes within the limits of their functional duties and powers according to the current legislation, I will and I must.»

«There is a procedure for any action — it is based on the current legislation. I am an official and I use only instructional documents and current legislation. If necessary, an appropriate commission is created, an appropriate official inspection, official investigation or hearing is conducted. When there are specific factual things that require it,» Yurii Hranaturov added.

As you know, on November 30, the place of work and residence of the chief doctor of the regional children's hospital, Oleksandr Plitkin, and his deputy, Iryna Tkachenko, were searched 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).

At the same time, 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 National Police Service in the Mykolaiv Region, are conducting a pre-trial investigation into the fact that the management of the regional children's clinical hospital declared false information.

We will remind you that in July 2023, during his visit to Mykolaiv, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in particular, 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's criticism of 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 the selection of 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 mobilization evaders, remained in his post.

In September, the prosecutor of the Mykolaiv 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.