The state must respond to numerous appeals from Ukrainian citizens who claim to have suffered harm at the private Odesa clinic Odrex. This is not about isolated complaints, but about mass testimonies from families of deceased patients and people who experienced severe complications after treatment there. Whether the Ministry of Health and law enforcement agencies will hear people's requests for help - read in the UNN material.
Ukrainians are no longer willing to face tragedies related to treatment at the Odrex clinic alone. People who consider themselves victims have gone public, united, appealed to law enforcement agencies and authorities, clearly outlining their position: the problem of violations at "Odrex" is systemic and goes far beyond isolated medical errors.
The launch of the website Stop Odrex became a symbol of unity – an open platform where victims can anonymously or publicly tell their stories, provide medical documents, testimonies and materials, learn news about the progress of other criminal cases of victims and support each other. As well as a joint video address from the relatives of deceased Odrex patients. Who appealed to law enforcement and authorities, with a request to restore justice and prevent new tragedies.
People directly say: they cannot independently resist a large private clinic with powerful financial, legal, and media resources. This is not only about the ability to hire expensive lawyers, but also about systemic informational opposition. Allegedly, after Odrex doctors were notified of suspicion in a case related to the death of businessman Adnan Kivan, the co-owner of the clinic allegedly launched a large-scale campaign to "whitewash" the reputation of the medical facility and the suspect in medical negligence that caused the patient's death, Vitaliy Rusakov. Who was Adnan Kivan's personal doctor for many years. And as journalist Zoya Kazanzhy said, he also received an apartment with renovations and a brand new Lexus car as a gift from Adnan Kivan.
So, a logical question arises: can ordinary citizens who have lost loved ones and have been fighting for the truth for years resist a clinic capable of quickly channeling huge sums of money to form an information field favorable to itself? It was this obvious inequality of opportunities that forced people to unite and appeal directly to the state, which is capable of ensuring an impartial investigation and real accountability. And most importantly, it is capable of protecting Ukrainian patients.
After all, despite different diagnoses, people's stories have common features – the recurrence of medical errors and business practices at Odrex. People with different illnesses, from different cities, independently of each other, describe similar events: treatment not according to medical protocols, a sharp deterioration in health from the moment of being in the clinic, pressure and intimidation from the administration, a rapid increase in the cost of treatment, and after the patient's death – difficulties in obtaining full medical documentation, falsification of relatives' signatures, prohibition of autopsy of the deceased, and the funeral service "Anubis" – which takes deceased patients from Odrex without notifying relatives. The tragic stories of treatment at the Odrex clinic were told by victims and their families in the documentary film "Wasp's Nest".
All this is not a court verdict and does not replace an investigation. But when people massively complain about a private clinic and report unprecedented violations – a legal state cannot ignore it. The first step in the form of revoking the medical license of Odrex, issued to LLC "Dim Medytsyny" – has already been taken. Next, a comprehensive inspection of the entire clinic and separately of each of the legal entities of the medical institution, for compliance with licensing conditions, must take place. The responsibility for this lies with the Ministry of Health, as the sole regulator of the medical field in Ukraine and the licensor of private clinics.
The scandal around Odrex has long gone beyond a single death. It concerns trust in the healthcare system, the effectiveness of state control, and the state's ability to protect citizens in situations where the balance of power is clearly unequal. If people are forced to create a movement, a website, public appeals, and documentaries, it means only one thing: institutional protection mechanisms have not yet worked.
Ignoring this request can have much broader consequences than reputational risks for a particular clinic. It sets a dangerous precedent – when even in cases of patient deaths, the state remains aloof, and citizens are forced to fight for the right to be heard themselves.
The victims emphasize: they do not seek revenge. They ask for justice, accountability, and guarantees that similar tragedies will not happen again. And the more people dare to speak openly, the more obvious it becomes: the problem may be much deeper than individual medical incidents.