More than 20 hospitals in the Kirovohrad region did not use the funds of the National Health Service for the purchase of medicines
In the Kirovohrad region, it was discovered that more than 20 medical institutions in 2024 did not spend a single penny from the funds allocated by the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSHU) for the purchase of drugs, although they should have done so.
About this reported Nataliya Husak, head of the NSHU, during a visit to Kropyvnytskyi. She noted that under the Medical Guarantee Program (MGP), medical institutions, signing a contract with the National Health Service, receive funding for medicines, tests and diagnostics. These funds are intended to provide patients with free medicines.
It turned out that in the first quarter of 2024, 22 hospitals did not use the allocated money of PMG for the purchase of drugs, and 12 medical institutions did not purchase drugs at all during the past year. As explained in NSZU, some of these institutions used funds from other sources, such as the state budget or charitable funds, to purchase necessary medicines.
Here are examples of several medical institutions that did not use PMG funds for drugs in the first quarter of 2024, but spent significant amounts from other sources:
- Kirovohrad Regional Children’s Hospital – UAH 5,437,000;
- Kirovohrad Regional Center for AIDS Prevention and Control – UAH 6,571,000;
- Svitlovodsk Central District Hospital – UAH 1,759,000;
- Novgorodkiv hospital – UAH 1,471,000.
During the past year, some of these institutions also did not use PMG money, but spent significant amounts on drugs from other sources, including:
- Svitlovodsk Central District Hospital – UAH 9,063,900;
- Oleksandriysk Children’s City Hospital – UAH 1,597,000;
- Novgorodkiv hospital – UAH 1,527,300;
- Oleksandrovsky center of primary health care – UAH 814,700;
- Blagovishchensky center of primary health care – UAH 970,600;
- Onufriiv center of primary health care – UAH 2,196,000.
This situation is cause for concern, as the non-use of PMG funds may affect the quality of medical services provided to patients in the region.
