Embezzlement of budget funds. Investigation examines involvement of scandalous Odrex clinic

From its own sources, UNN learned that on April 3, 2025, the Odesa region police opened another criminal proceeding, also under Part 4 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (appropriation, embezzlement or seizure of another's property by abuse of official position by an official on a particularly large scale), in which the "Odrex" clinic is involved.

It is not excluded that this case also concerns the appropriation of budget funds. After all, in August, the specified criminal proceedings were merged into one.

It should be added that the commission of the Ministry of Health conducted an unscheduled inspection of LLC "Dim Medytsyny", to which the "Odrex" clinic in Odesa was previously registered, after the Office of the Prosecutor General addressed the department with a corresponding request. This was done within the framework of criminal proceedings in connection with the death of a patient due to improper treatment in the medical institution. As a result of the inspection, LLC "Dim Medytsyny" was deprived of its license, as it refused to provide medical documents to the commission. However, this does not prevent the clinic from continuing to operate, as it was re-registered to a new legal entity in the summer and the medical institution has at least two more licenses.

At the same time, more and more stories of victims of "treatment" at Odrex are appearing online. Relatives of the deceased say that their loved ones were treated incorrectly, and the clinic concealed medical documentation and forged documents. At least one such story happened after Odrex was re-registered to a new legal entity.

The wife of a patient who died after treatment at the Odesa clinic Odrex, Olga Melay, told about the falsification of medical documents at the "Odrex" clinic, the delay in diagnosing the disease, and the decisions of doctors that could have been fatal.

Criminal case due to the death of a businessman

The Office of the Prosecutor General reported on October 25 that the Main Investigative Department of the National Police is investigating the circumstances of a patient's death after treatment at a medical institution in Odesa. According to media reports, it is about the death of local businessman and developer Adnan Kivan, who was treated at the "Odrex" clinic from May to October 2024.

The OPG noted that two doctors were notified of suspicion of improper performance of professional duties, which caused the death of a patient (Part 1 of Article 140 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Later it turned out that these were the head of the surgical department Vitaliy Rusakov and the oncologist Maryna Bielotserkovska. The investigation, based on the conclusions of the examination, believes that when providing medical care, the doctors made significant mistakes, as a result of which the patient developed sepsis, which, against the background of the oncological process, led to death.

According to UNN sources, surgeon Viktor Rusakov did not prescribe antibiotics to the patient after the operation and subsequently ignored obvious symptoms of sepsis. In addition, doctors performed a number of procedures that were contraindicated for the patient at that time. The businessman died in the clinic on October 27, 2024.

Suspects Maryna Bielotserkovska and Viktor Rusakov are under night house arrest and are obliged to wear an electronic bracelet. "Odrex" assures that their doctors are highly qualified specialists and act in accordance with protocols. It should be noted that Maryna Bielotserkovska was fired from the clinic less than a month after Adnan Kivan's death.

The number of victims of the actions of "Odrex" doctors is increasing

After Adnan Kivan's death, stories of patients of the Odesa clinic "Odrex" began to appear one after another - people decided not to remain silent anymore. Those who for years were afraid to speak publicly, today dare to tell stories about how treatment at "Odrex" turned into mockery, professional help - into dangerous experiments, and medicine - into a cold financial calculation to "extract the last" from the patient's family. In the documentary film "Wasp's Nest", relatives of injured and deceased patients tell about what they experienced.

One of them is Svitlana Huk, whose husband died in "Odrex". While he was in intensive care, the clinic, according to her, issued bills for 80-90 thousand hryvnias daily. The woman suspects that her husband could have been kept on life support even after clinical death - but not for salvation, but to continue issuing bills. When the woman could no longer pay, she was directly offered to hand over the documents for the apartment so that the clinic's lawyers could quickly sell it. After her husband's death, the clinic did not stop and sued her, demanding an additional 900 thousand hryvnias.

Another patient, Volodymyr, came to "Odrex" for an operation, during which he was probably infected with the bacterium Serratia Marcescens. This bacterium is transmitted through dirty hands or instruments. The clinic did not deny this, stating that "this is intensive care - you can catch anything here." Such a response may indicate that the staff understands that the intensive care unit in the clinic does not meet the stated standards, is not sterile, and that this is a systemic problem, not a one-time case. The infection affected 85% of Volodymyr's lungs, he was put into a medical coma, he lost 15 kg of weight. Volodymyr's wife still repeats that her husband "miraculously survived this treatment."

Khrystyna Totkailo tells about her father, who, at the insistence of "Odrex" doctors, was prescribed aggressive chemotherapy, despite the warnings of Kyiv specialists. She recalls promises that "they will save his voice and larynx," and how her father returned home with practically no chance of survival. Aggressive treatment, in her opinion, not only did not help - it broke him.

Kateryna Boychuk recalls how she sent her mother to a "expensive clinic with a good reputation," and three weeks later picked up her body. Her mother underwent surgery, but the doctors, according to Kateryna, could not determine the diagnosis. Daily calls at night, confused explanations, endless sums in bills - and death. Kateryna says: "I trusted these doctors, and now I wouldn't even trust them with a cold prescription."