Position: Deputy Head of the Department for the Organization of Medical Assistance to the Population, Medical Personnel and Citizens' Appeals - Head of the Department for the Organization of Medical Assistance to the Population, Maternity and Childhood Protection of the Department of Health of the KRMA.
Sphere of corruption: medical.
Region of corruption activity: Kherson region.
Qualification: the actions are qualified under Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large.
Case story: in February 2025, an official of the Department of Health of the Kherson Regional State Administration was notified of suspicion of official negligence, which led to serious consequences.
According to the investigation, from March to July 2023, the official failed to ensure proper control over the distribution of humanitarian medicines among medical institutions in the region. As a result, some of the medicines, in particular a drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, deteriorated because their expiration date had expired.
In turn, the Most publication reported that this is the deputy head of the department for organizing medical assistance to the population, medical personnel and citizens' appeals - head of the department for organizing medical assistance to the population, maternity and childhood protection of the Department of Health of the Kherson Regional State Administration Dmytro Balatsky. The losses from improper control exceed 1.4 million UAH. The pre-trial investigation is being carried out by investigators of the Kherson region police with operational support from the SSU.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: no information is available from open sources about potential accomplices.
Assets: Balatsky's income declarations are not publicly available.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded in a timely manner to the criminal activities of Dmytro Balatsky.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, he was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
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