Viktor Liashko

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said that by the end of the week a decree would be adopted to liquidate the centralized MSEK. Preparations included strengthening the material and technical base of the institute in Dnipro.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko announced the complete elimination of the MSECs from January 1, 2025. The system will switch to assessing a person's functioning and identifying their needs instead of medical and social expertise.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko has answered whether he is going to resign because of the MSEC scandal. The Health Minister noted that reforming the MSEC is more difficult than writing a letter of resignation.

The Minister of Health of Ukraine announced the dismissal of the heads of the MSEC and related institutions due to improper performance of duties. A new draft law on medical and social expertise is being developed.

The SBI will investigate cases of unjustified disability of officials. They will check the decisions of the MSEC to establish disability, and criminal proceedings under various articles are possible.

Prime Minister Shmyhal announced the dismissal of the leadership of the MSEC and the relevant department of the Ministry of Health. By the end of the year, the MSEC will be liquidated, a new European model will be introduced, and unreasonable decisions on disability will be reviewed.

President Zelenskyy called for personal responsibility and personnel decisions due to the violations at the MSEC. He emphasized the importance of digitalizing the disability determination process and a full audit of officials' pensions.

President Zelenskyy called the reports of the Ministers of Health and Social Policy on the violations of the MSEC unconvincing. He calls for the liquidation of the MSEC by the end of 2024 and the digitalization of the examination process.

President Zelenskyy chaired a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council to discuss abuses in the MSEC. Decisions on digitalization of processes, verification of declarations and review of unjustified decisions on disability of officials were approved.

Kyiv region was one of the first to launch a school catering reform. Ruslan Kravchenko, Head of the RMA, spoke about the main achievements, including an increase in the number of students receiving free hot meals.

The First Lady of Ukraine and the Ministers of Health of Ukraine and Sweden visit a rehabilitation center in Kyiv. The Ukrainian version of a book by a Swedish rehabilitation specialist on recovery from spinal cord injuries was presented.

Volodymyr Zhovnir has been suspended from his duties as CEO of Okhmatdyt until the inspections are completed.

The President signed a decree to increase the salary for family doctors in rural areas starting in 2025. The document also provides for housing compensation for doctors moving to rural areas.

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine reports that about 400 million hryvnias will be needed for equipment alone to restore the Okhmatdyt children's hospital after the Russian missile attack, and the total damage is still being calculated.

Ukrainian embassies around the world are working to raise funds to restore the destroyed premises and equipment of the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, which was damaged by Russian shelling.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko clarified that Ukraine's only laboratory for diagnosing oncohematological diseases was not destroyed by shelling, contrary to previous information, and work is underway to restore its operation.

More than 600 patients, including more than 100 seriously ill, were evacuated from the Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv after the Russian attack, and the death toll rose to 23.

The shelling of the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv damaged the toxicology building where children were undergoing dialysis, and 5 children were hospitalized from the destroyed building for re-hospitalization.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has defined the cases when state and municipal healthcare institutions can provide paid medical services not covered by the medical guarantees program, which helps to reduce informal payments and corruption by clearly defining which services are paid and which are free.

Ukraine plans to strengthen the regulation of dietary supplements by defining clear mechanisms for their production and circulation, and approving lists of permitted substances and doses. The document also strengthens responsibility for the production and sale of food supplements that do not meet legal requirements.

All 643 healthcare facilities in the capable network are equipped with more than 11,000 generators to ensure uninterrupted operation, and 238 facilities are fully autonomous thanks to boilers and wells.

Enterprises certified as mine action operators will be able to book 100% of the groups or departments that directly conduct mine clearance, according to the government's decision.

Due to power outages and water supply disruptions caused by attacks on Ukraine's energy sector, there is a critical risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases such as viral hepatitis A, gastroenterocolitis and possibly cholera, warns Ukraine's Health Minister Viktor Lyashko.

The Ministry of Health emphasizes that doctors in Ukraine are subject to military service during martial law, and since during the mobilization process priority is given to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, if necessary, doctors will be involved for military needs.

According to Health Minister Viktor Lyashko, the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, identifies violations and criminal schemes related to obtaining the status of "unfit", since entire organized criminal groups are involved in such activities.

President Zelensky approved the composition of the Ukrainian delegation headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko to participate in the conference on the restoration of Ukraine in Berlin on June 11-12 amid the scandal surrounding the dismissal of the previous deputy prime minister for reconstruction.

All hospitals with inpatient departments in Ukraine are equipped with generators, which allows them to operate fully and perform both emergency and scheduled surgeries despite power outages.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Dnipropetrovs'k region will receive over UAH 3. 2 billion as part of the Made in Ukraine economic platform to support business and domestic production in times of war.

Zaporizhzhia promises to create a rehabilitation center for more than 2,500 military and civilians a year.