The scandals surrounding Tetyana Antonets, the brainchild of the Party of Regions and Oleksandr Dombrovskyi, have been raging for a long time. Antonets is now doing quite well under Anatoliy Oliynyk. She constantly consults with him and pays him to leave her alone. And she doesn't care about the public's opinion or Madyn's. Vinnytsia Oblast media have repeatedly raised questions about official abuses in the procurement of expensive medical equipment worth millions of hryvnias. The subject of these publications is Tetyana Antonets, the chief physician of the regional children's hospital. She once justified the need to purchase mammography systems purchased with public funds and arranged for their storage for two years. Thus, 5 million hryvnias were embezzled.
The final damages in the "mammogram case" may be higher, but the public has not been informed of the details, and the perpetrators have not been held accountable. It's not surprising that Tatyana Antonets received the title of "Honored Doctor of Ukraine" in December 2004, given her well-known active participation in the election campaign for the pro-government candidate.
According to hospital staff, fictitious medical records were created during the elections, including for the children of hospital employees; admissions department documents were destroyed and recycled; and department heads were forced to resign "at their own request." The public still doesn't know the answer to the question of whether Tatyana Antonets attended the infamous congress in Severodonetsk.
Antonets is known to have committed other shameful acts. According to staff, the hospital routinely collects funds from employees for the administration's needs without any accounting or oversight. The amounts involved are substantial. Funds are collected from the parents of sick children for a so-called charitable fund. These funds were used to purchase an expensive car, which Antonets, the head physician, uses for his own personal needs.
The chief physician's activities were investigated by a commission established by order of the Chairman of the Regional State Administration, Dombrovsky, who proposed updating the management of the regional children's hospital. However, the regional state administration failed to comply. Antonets continues to serve as chief physician, and for her "services," she was awarded a Certificate of Honor signed by the Minister of Health, Mykola Polischuk.
A puncture from one's own
It has emerged that the notorious regional doctor, a bribe-taker, was betrayed by her personal accountant, who agreed to testify to the Prosecutor General's Office in exchange for personal guarantees. Whether Valentina Kolomiychuk was scared or repentant, yesterday she personally agreed to cooperate with investigators from the Prosecutor General's Office. Finally, we leave a letter from the doctors who were pressured by Tatyana Antonets...
We, medical workers dismissed at various times by Ms. Antonets T.I. for dissent, wrote to your newspaper about the violations occurring within the walls of the Vinnytsia Regional Children's Clinical Hospital.
It all started immediately when Antonets T.I. was appointed chief physician of the said institution.
Tatyana Ivanovna Antonets, along with the son of the regional leader, began making money by insulating hospital windows with polyethylene film, which they simply nailed to the window frames with wooden planks. Both the film and the cypress planks were extremely valuable! This invention cost the regional budget over 200 hryvnias.
It happened. After that, Antonets set her sights on earning millions. It turned out that almost all the women at the regional children's clinical hospital were suspected of having breast cancer! And at Ms. Antonets's request, the regional children's hospital purchased four mammography machines with state funds. These mammography machines were old and lacking all the necessary equipment. For about two years, the boxes containing them sat in the hospital lobby, and it was later discovered that one of them contained nothing but scrap metal. The profit from this was already 3000000 (three million) hryvnias.
It seemed punishment would be inevitable. But no! She complained to the regional leader, Ivanov, and bribed the Leninsky District Prosecutor, and everything was resolved. As Antonets herself wrote, investigations were conducted over 70 times, but no crime was found.
Everything was disguised as the "Shepitko Foundation." The foundation's director is Nikolai Korchun, a friend of the son of the chief physician, Sergei Antonets, head of the orthopedics and traumatology department. Sergei Antonets also serves as the foundation's cashier at the hospital.
The following corruption scheme: Parents of children scheduled for surgery are required to donate 500 hryvnias or more to a designated fund to purchase medications and other supplies for which the regional budget allegedly lacks funds. This involves at least 15-20 people each day. Contributions are made without exception in all departments and at the clinic. According to accounting rules for funds used, a receipt stub must be attached to the patient's medical record. However, before filing the medical record, all senior nurses must remove these receipts and hand them over to Serhiy Antonets. It's easy to calculate that the fund's minimum turnover is 2,5 million hryvnias. S. Antonets personally manages all collected funds.
Things get even more interesting. It's no big deal that Ms. Antonets's father, I. Podgursky, owns a company that built a multi-million-hryvnia facility on the hospital grounds.
Pensioner I. Podgursky also explains that he raised the money for the new building over 10 years by sweeping the courtyard of the regional children's clinical hospital or standing at the entrance to the hospital grounds.
That's how they earned their money: the grandson from the payout fund, the mother from extortion and bribes, and the grandfather from gold dust in the courtyard of the regional children's clinical hospital.
Now about the staff. All "discipline" in the hospital is based on fear of the "boss." Anyone with an independent opinion is fired, regardless of their professional qualifications and length of service. To prevent unification, people are simply pitted against each other. There are many examples. Shamrai A.P., Soleiko N.P., Saulenko T.A., Savitskaya T.V., Dyachenko M.A. Thanks to these people, pediatric medicine was created and is successfully functioning in the region. These individuals headed departments of the regional children's clinical hospital, and Ms. Antonets forced them to write resignation letters. Those who resisted were shamed in the press in "collective" letters, which also sang praises to T. Antonets.
In the January 12, 2011, issue of Channel 33, "A Regional Council Commission Intervened in the Scandalous Situation at the Regional Children's Hospital," T. Antonets, explaining the mass turnover of department heads at the regional children's hospital, said, "When the time comes, I'll leave here. I'll be 55 this year. And if the question arises of leaving my post, I will do it."
Ms. Antonets, why are you clinging to your chair? You probably haven't grabbed all the money yet. Tatyana Ivanovna Antonets! Tell people: where did the money come from for your husband, a surgeon, to buy a $120,000 car? What earnings do your children use to drive cars worth $25,000 to $40,000? How did you finance the construction of two luxurious palaces in the village of Zarvantsy?
Stop luxurizing on people's money! Stop taxing the hospital department! When will the regional children's hospital stop extorting doctors from paying "gratitude" for their work?
The case of Antonets' dismissal
In early May of this year, 32 chief physicians of regional medical institutions were dismissed by decision of the regional council chairman, Sergei Svitok. This number subsequently increased to 36. The doctors' dismissals were due to the expiration of their employment contracts. Furthermore, according to the deputy chair of the regional council, Natalia Soleiko, numerous complaints had been filed against some of the chief physicians. Thus, the leaders of the self-governing body decided to "comb" the ranks of medical institution managers, claiming that if they were not corrupt and had conscientiously performed their duties, they would easily pass the public inspection.
A grueling marathon of hearings, discussions, and the approval of candidates by countless "Self-Defense" groups, public activists, and labor collectives began. This procedure for searching for hospital directors is an attempt to make the process as transparent and open as possible. But so-called "representatives of the public" also emerged, quickly realizing that they, too, could benefit from the attention of interested medical professionals, and, as a result, turned the process of resolving personnel issues at the regional level into a marketplace.
The candidates went through auditions for over a month, and were often subjected to lie detector tests.
A regional council member who until recently led the Party of Regions faction in the regional council, Tatyana Antonets is waging a fierce battle for her position. Her tactical and strategic maneuvers would be the envy of experienced military strategists. Tatyana Ivanovna quickly realized that attack is the best defense, secured the support of her allies, and twisted the situation to such an extent that today, perhaps more than the threat of resignation hangs over the regional council leadership, she says, she is the deputy herself.
Ivan Leta, chairman of the Vinnytsia regional organization of the medical workers' trade union and a member of the regional council, is nonpartisan and non-affiliated. However, he is a member of the "Conscience of Ukraine" parliamentary group, led by Vinnytsia Deputy Mayor Valeriy Koroviy. Incidentally, a month ago, during a meeting of the regional council presidium discussing the appointment of heads of medical institutions, Valeriy Koroviy openly supported the candidacy of Tetyana Antonets for the position of chief physician of the regional children's hospital. He noted that "Conscience of Ukraine," which he leads on the regional council, is on her side. As we can see, "Conscience" has already begun to lend a helping hand to Antonets, because if the court, following Leta's lawsuit, revokes Svitok's authority, the order for her dismissal will be null and void. Thus, despite vocal public protests, Antonets will easily be reinstated as chief physician...
"Regional Council Deputy Ivan Leta is defending Ms. Antonets and has filed a lawsuit against Svitok to overturn his powers. It may be a coincidence, but Leta and Antonets have the same lawyer," noted Lyudmyla Shcherbakovska, leader of the Batkivshchyna regional party organization, during a recent press conference.
Indeed, lawyer Oksana Shevchuk is providing legal support for both cases—the reinstatement of Tatyana Antonets and the revocation of the powers of the regional council chair.
But the regional council chairman signs an order approving only those candidates who have been approved by the relevant parliamentary committees (in this case, the municipal property and health care committees), and most importantly, by the special certification body—the committee for the annual performance evaluation of the heads of enterprises, institutions, and organizations—the joint property of territorial communities in the region.
"There's a confrontation going on, an attempt by the 'Vinnytsia mafia' to exact revenge. Suddenly, Leta, who had taken over the trade union sphere, which is also bureaucratized here, filed a lawsuit. Leta was part of a regional council faction that supported the Party of Regions and the Communist Party. When I received the authority to represent the interests of the Vinnytsia Regional Council, I was surprised to find no mention of Mr. Leta's interests in the administrative lawsuit, as if it had been initiated by the regional council. The 'Vinnytsia mafia' simply insisted that he file the lawsuit, and that's what he did," says Valeriy Paliy.
Since 2010, Tatyana Antonets had led a large faction in the regional council—the Party of Regions faction. She had 66 deputies under her command. After the liquidation of the Party of Regions and the collapse of the faction, the deputies dispersed among various deputy groups. However, the core of the Party of Regions faction remained unclaimed, so the main intrigue was who and under what conditions would "recruit" the former Party of Regions and form a majority with them in the regional council. It appears that the regional council's Unity and Conscience groups were the quickest to act. It was these parliamentary groups, along with former Party of Regions members, that disrupted the July 15 session. Together, they rallied and signed a demand to remove Natalia Soleiko from her post. Finally, it is their representative who is asking the Svitka court for the right to formally "strike the pen."
It's difficult to determine who first proposed cooperation with whom, but it's clear they needed each other. Tetyana Antonets was interested in being reinstated, while the "Vinnytsia Party," in turn, dreamed of forming a majority on the regional council. Realizing that luring their bitter rivals from the All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna" was almost impossible, "Conscience" and "Unity" began hunting down former "Regionals" members who were no longer in their league. It turned out that only their former boss, Tetyana Antonets, could bring them together. This is where the interests of the old regime and the new one converged, and the latter, incidentally, was planning to live in a new way...
To begin with, Tatyana Antonets helped the "Vinnytsia party" rein in public activists. They started with the most active. Everyone has probably heard the story of Vadym Kudiyarov's "hundred-thousand-ruble bribe." Well, Vadym was one of the initiators of a real and effective lustration of Vinnytsia's judges at the time. Then, Oleksandr Vilchynsky (reportedly Groysman's godfather) was removed from his post as chairman of the Vinnytsia District Administrative Court. Next in line was Andriy Mykhailenko, chairman of the Vinnytsia City Court in Vinnytsia Oblast. And the "Vinnytsia team" couldn't survive without its own judges. This immediately leads to the seizure of illegal construction sites, inspections, fines, public relations stings, and so on. Therefore, they sicced Tatyana Antonets on Kudiyarov, not only distracting him from the lustration process but also setting an example to all other activists of what could happen if they try to "cross" the "Vinnytsia team."
Vadim Kudiyarov's provocation was Tatiana Antonets's initial contribution to the common cause. In response, the "Vinnytsia team" disrupted the 26th regular session of the regional council. Lawyers note that Svitok's order dismissing the heads of municipal property will only take effect upon its approval at the session. The agenda for the 26th regular session, which was not held, included the item "On the order of the Chairman of the Regional Council," which dismissed the heads of medical institutions, including Antonets. Therefore, had the plenary session been held and the issue voted on by the deputies, Svitok's order would have acquired legal force. Then, Antonets would have been forced to declare the decision of the local government body, not Svitok's order, invalid. This is already the jurisdiction of administrative proceedings, so the case would be transferred to the Vinnytsia District Administrative Court, where, as mentioned above, Groysman's godfather no longer presides...
There's no doubt that the order "On the Regional Council Chairman's Order" would have been approved by the deputies, since, in addition to the clause on Antonets' dismissal, it included more than a hundred other orders: on concluding contracts; on granting permits for the lease of premises; on measures for the economical use of the regional council's budget; on establishing bonuses for the heads of social welfare, education, culture, and housing and communal services institutions in the region, etc.
Therefore, as we see, the "Vinnytsia team" has found worthy allies. In close cooperation with the "Regionals," they will finally be able to form a majority in the Vinnytsia Regional Council. If they succeed, they will be able to re-elect their own person as chairman of the regional council, freely "resolve" the necessary issues, and it will become very, very easy for them to remove active Vinnytsia residents from their path...
A lover of expensive clothes
Antonets loves to lie to journalists about herself and play the poor guy. For example, about her luxurious black fur coat (one of dozens), she says:
"This is the most expensive item in my wardrobe. I bought it four years ago for 26 hryvnia. It was at a fur fair in Vinnytsia. My 28-year-old daughter and I chose it; I trust her taste. We liked the coat right away. It's unique, with bat-shaped sleeves. We spent all our family savings on it. It cost me my and my husband's salaries, my teaching fees, and the money we'd saved for a fence. But no matter, we built a new one two years later. Good things make a difference. When a woman wears even something as trivial as Italian tights, she behaves more respectably. When I became a member of parliament, I tried to buy something new for every session, and most importantly, something original. And now I see so much stuff accumulated that I have nowhere to put it. The fabric should be pleasant to the touch, not scratchy, and not wrinkle. I can't stand it when a label or some decoration rubs against my body, but sometimes I wear dresses like these." I never wear tight clothes. Most importantly, I go shopping in a good mood and know exactly what I want—a dress, a blouse, or a suit. I love brands like Flamar, Dolce Bella, and Dalida. I can buy clothes by chance. I try on what I like and then buy it. I always have money nearby. I don't like it when people push things on me. Or they say, "I bought exactly that one." Then I say, "Goodbye." I like the brand-name Polish clothes at the Kleopatra shopping center on Vishenka. And Zhovten has my favorite sizes, perfect for beautiful women like me. Recently, Lyudmila Kvetnaya made me a dress in a national style. It's embroidered on a black background with malachite, gold, and blue hues. We've already given up on loose dresses. All the dresses are fitted, but in a way that conceals the "assets." The waistband is flared and tapered. The designer helps me combine the suits I have. Sometimes we update them, adding some details. I've been working with these designers for 10 years now. I make five designer pieces every year.
A. Dobrovsky, rnbee.ru
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