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The head of the Kyiv Perinatal Center, Dmytro Hovseyev, is an obstetrician-gynecologist by training. One would think his main task should be caring for the health of birthing people and newborns. Instead, the investigation established that he created a criminal scheme to embezzle public funds through state medical procurement—even under martial law.
Deputy Serhiy Tyshchenko and the public procurement officer Liudmyla Omelchuk were involved in the scheme. Using their official positions, they directed state funds to “needed” companies. The pretrial investigation showed that the officials regularly colluded with commercial entities: they prepared tenders tailored to specific participants, artificially inflated the estimated procurement costs, and ensured victory for preselected firms. A number of private suppliers were drawn into the illegal scheme. They received inside information about upcoming tenders, agreed on favorable prices and conditions with the officials, and in return paid bribes for the “right” decisions. Hovseyev, Tyshchenko, and Omelchuk received illicit benefits from representatives of these companies.
The scale of the embezzlement is striking. In the 2024–2025 years the Kyiv Perinatal Center conducted procurements worth almost 116,7 million UAH, and a significant portion of those contracts went to a narrow circle of firms and sole proprietors.
The private company “STM-Pharm” received at least 12 contracts, LLC “Medical Center M.T.K.” — 9, LLC “MK Medgroup” — 6, and so on. The repetition of the same suppliers in the Prozorro system indicates a lack of real competition and possible “patronage” by the center’s leadership. Several contracts were concluded with little-known sole proprietors who appear 2–3 times (Maryna Alistrenko, Olena Dibrivna, Iryna Korotka, Serhiy Shiyan, and others). These “private suppliers” are directly or indirectly connected to the center’s officials. A pool of controlled entrepreneurs was essentially created, through whom budget funds were distributed in small tranches, less noticeable to oversight.
Hovseyev would not have become an all-powerful director without strong backing in the authorities. His connections stretch from the KMDA’s relevant department to scientific circles and the deputy corps. He enjoyed the favor of Valentyna Hinzburg — the former head of city health, with whom he collaborated and even published in professional journals.
Equally important were Hovseyev’s political patrons in the Kyiv City Council. Although special relationships with deputies were not publicly declared, the nature of the decisions adopted speaks for itself. Deputies unanimously approved every move advantageous to the head of Maternity Hospital No. 5 — from extending his contract to the controversial consolidation of institutions. Even in the capital’s medical community Hovseyev had authority: in 2023 he headed the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 1 at Bogomolets National Medical University.
In 2023–2024 years the National Health Service of Ukraine conducted monitoring of maternity hospitals across the country, and the Fifth Kyiv Maternity Hospital set an anti-record. The inspection revealed a number of contract violations: lack of required equipment, shortage of qualified staff, breaches of newborn examination protocols, and so on. Among the biggest violators were hospitals that returned millions of hryvnias to the budget. Informally, Maternity Hospital No. 5 was called one of the leaders in the number and scale of discovered violations.
Despite the problems recorded by the NHSU, Hovseyev remained in his position and even obtained a larger merged perinatal center under his authority.
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