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Published on Jul 20, 2016
The ministry without a minister – notoriously corrupt healthcare ministry of Ukraine still does not have its leader.
Meanwhile President Poroshenko has offered a job of deputy healthcare minister to Ulyana Suprun – American-born Ukrainian, director of Patriot Defence initiative, which has provided tactical medicine trainings to more than 25,000 Ukrainian troops.
Our correspondent Volodymyr Solohub discusses the challenges ahead with Ulyana Suprun.
"We all know that there is a problem in the ministry of health. Healthcare is not at the same level, at the same standard that it is in the rest of Europe. The Ukrainian nation is decreasing in size. Every year more people die than are born. And soon the Ukrainian nation will have 35 million people. In 2050 the projected amount is lower than in 1950. And that's a really big problem. What's happening? There aren't enough doctors in Ukraine? There's more doctors per capita in Ukraine than in Europe. There aren't enough hospitals? There's more hospitals per capita, than in the rest of Europe. The problem is the manner in which the healthcare services are being provided to the patients, quality of care is not very high on the priorities on the way medicine is delivered. In most civilized countries – the patient is in the center of care, the patient is important and the financing of the system is built around the needs of the patient. In Ukraine, unfortunately, it's the old soviet system, the system exists for the sake of the system and not for the sake of the patient.
Meanwhile President Poroshenko has offered a job of deputy healthcare minister to Ulyana Suprun – American-born Ukrainian, director of Patriot Defence initiative, which has provided tactical medicine trainings to more than 25,000 Ukrainian troops.
Our correspondent Volodymyr Solohub discusses the challenges ahead with Ulyana Suprun.
"We all know that there is a problem in the ministry of health. Healthcare is not at the same level, at the same standard that it is in the rest of Europe. The Ukrainian nation is decreasing in size. Every year more people die than are born. And soon the Ukrainian nation will have 35 million people. In 2050 the projected amount is lower than in 1950. And that's a really big problem. What's happening? There aren't enough doctors in Ukraine? There's more doctors per capita in Ukraine than in Europe. There aren't enough hospitals? There's more hospitals per capita, than in the rest of Europe. The problem is the manner in which the healthcare services are being provided to the patients, quality of care is not very high on the priorities on the way medicine is delivered. In most civilized countries – the patient is in the center of care, the patient is important and the financing of the system is built around the needs of the patient. In Ukraine, unfortunately, it's the old soviet system, the system exists for the sake of the system and not for the sake of the patient.
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