The Ministry of Health handed over 400 vials of medicines for children with cancer to Mykolaiv Oblast

Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Oleksandr Plitkin in the ward of the Mykolaiv Regional Children's Hospital in July 2023, photo: Office of the President

The Mykolaiv Regional Children's Clinical Hospital received a batch of European-made drugs for the treatment of children with cancer, which were purchased with state budget funds.

The corresponding orders were published on the website of the Mykolaiv Oblast Department of Health Protection, NikVesti writes.

The person responsible for obtaining medicines for the treatment and transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells for children and adults is designated acting chief physician of the regional children's hospital Oleksandr Plitkin.

The head of the medical institution will keep records, control and distribute the rational use of drugs. Also, twice a month, he must submit information on the use and balance of the delivered drugs in accordance with the approved order to the «MedData» system.

What medicines did the hospital receive?

In total, the hospital received 449 drugs manufactured in Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Romania. In particular:

1. «Puri-netol», 50 mg of 25 tablets in a bottle — 1600 tablets;
2. «Ganciclovir-Pharmex», lyophilisate for solution for infusions of 500 mg — 50 vials;
3. «Orungal», oral solution, 10 mg/ml; 150 ml in a bottle; per bottle with a dispenser in a cardboard box (Itraconazole, 150 ml (10 mg/ml) — 28 bottles;
4. «Cansidaz», lyophilisate for solution for infusions of 50 mg — 95 vials;
5. «Micafungin-Vista», powder for concentrate for solution for infusions — 56 vials ;
6. «Daptomycin-Vista», lyophilized powder for solution for injections or infusions of 350 mg — 50 vials;
7. «Emoclot» powder and solvent for infusion solution — 106 vials.

Corruption in medicine in Mykolaiv

On November 30, the place of work and residence of Oleksandr Plitkin and his deputy Iryna Tkachenko were searched as part of criminal proceedings for misappropriation, embezzlement of property or possession of it by abuse of official position. The pre-trial investigation continues under another article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, namely the forgery of official documents, which caused serious consequences.

We will remind you that the permanent deputy commission of the Mykolaiv Regional Council on social policy and health care refused to consider and knew from the agenda the draft decision on the appointment of Oleksandr Plitkin as the director of the KNP Mykolaiv Regional Children's Clinical Hospital.

Oleksandr Plitkin, who the day before was searched by law enforcement officers in a criminal case regarding the possible forgery of documents and appropriation of property, says that they «poured dirt» on him, and the police «are telling us something ephemeral».

People's Deputy of Ukraine from Mykolaiv Oblast Artem Chornomorov believes that the leadership of Mykolaiv Oblast is abusing it by trying to approve the chief doctor of the regional children's clinical hospital Oleksandr Plitkin, who was searched by law enforcement officers a week ago in the case of misappropriation of property and forgery of documents.

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'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 SBI, 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.