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In Sumy, former heads of the regional health department Butenko and Skuba are on trial over 4 million hryvnias in damages
The Zarechnyi District Court of Sumy is considering the case of the former head of the Health Department of the Sumy Regional State Administration, Serhii Butenko, and his then-deputy Olena Skuba, who chaired the tender committee.
They are accused of abuses during the procurement in 2021 of 513 Biomed JAY-10 concentrators for 18,981 million hryvnias — at 37 thousand hryvnias per unit. According to the prosecution, the damage to the state amounted to 4,28 million hryvnias.
The concentrators were purchased by the regional health department itself, not by the communal emergency institutions. A fuel-related episode that was also included in the case occurred after Butenko moved to lead the Sumy Regional Emergency Medical Service Center. Butenko and Skuba deny the charges. Butenko called the case fabricated and stated that during COVID the procurement had to be completed in a matter of days, and that the price of 37 thousand hryvnias matched the market at that time.
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