Viktor Liashko

On Saturday, the Minister of Health is convening a meeting with the pharmaceutical market to discuss the potential rise in drug prices.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko held a meeting with the Lithuanian ambassador on cooperation in the medical field. The parties discussed technical support for European integration, rehabilitation of victims and restoration of medical infrastructure.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko warns of the danger of improper use of antibiotics. In 10 years, this can lead to the stoppage of transplants and the emergence of incurable forms of pneumonia.

The Minister of Health denies that medics have been transferred to assault brigades and calls for reporting such cases. The command has not issued orders to reassign medics to infantry.

The Minister of Health has announced the completion of priority emergency repairs at Okhmatdyt. The hospital continues to operate and is ready for the autumn and winter period, despite the postponement of full recovery.

The Ministry of Health will not allow the current heads of the MSEC to work in the updated system of medical commissions after the reform. Other MSEC doctors will be able to work in hospitals from 2025, provided they are practicing medicine.

During the reorganization, no additional reviews will be conducted by the MSECs, and preferential pensions will be paid on time. The MSECs are scheduled to be completely liquidated from January 1, 2025.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko is considering legal aspects of the ban on the management of the Medical Expert Commission from holding senior positions in the Ministry of Health. This is due to the reform of the MSEC system and its planned liquidation by 2025.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said that the military can appeal against the decision of the Medical Expert Committee on disability. The Health Ministry plans to liquidate the MSEC by January 1, 2025, and accelerate the reform due to the revealed abuses.

From January 1, 2025, the functions of the MSEC will be transferred to cluster and supercluster hospitals. These hospitals have a minimum of 20 areas of medical care and are equipped with appropriate equipment.

Health Minister Viktor Lyashko has announced changes to the reform of medical and social expertise. The heads and members of the MSEC will be obliged to declare their assets, and the central MSEC will be liquidated by the end of the week.

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.