Money on blood: court remanded former Odesa emergency services official in custody
Kyiv • UNN
The Kyiv District Court of Odesa remanded Oleksandr Mykhailenko, the former acting director of the Odesa Regional Emergency Medical Center, in custody until March 18, 2024, with the possibility of bail in excess of UAH 600,000.
The Kyiv District Court of Odesa granted the prosecutor's office's request to take into custody the former acting director general of the Odesa Regional Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine, Oleksandr Mykhailenko. This was reported to UNN by the press service of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.
A pre-trial restraint in the form of detention until 18.03.2024 was imposed on Mykhailenko with bail set at 199 times the subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons, which is UAH 602,572
Recall
On January 19, investigators of the National Police of Ukraine served suspicion to Oleksandr Mykhailenko, the former acting director general of the Odesa Regional Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine.
Mykhailenko held this position in 2022-23. In this position, he set up a scheme to purchase Z-bandages "krovospas" at an inflated price, which, according to preliminary estimates of law enforcement officers, earned almost UAH 500 thousand. As a result of a search at Mykhailenko's residence, USD 53.5 thousand and an expired emergency medical certificate were seized.
In addition, in 2023, the head of the regional military administration in Odesa region changed. The region is now headed by Oleh Kiper, the former head of the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office. He called the healthcare sector and restoring order there a priority. Earlier, he changed the leadership of at least five regional medical centers, including the Emergency Center.
