Vladimir Mishalov
Could Vladimir Mishalov, husband of Bogomolets University President Katerina Amosova, become director of the National Cancer Institute?
Recently, the press reported that the husband of Katerina Amosova, who currently heads Bogomolets University, is seeking the position of director of the National Cancer Institute.
The media reported this with reference to research documents, in which the institution's staff and Academic Council urge Health Ministry officials to prevent such a personnel collapse under any circumstances.
At a press conference, the current Deputy Minister of Health, Natalia Lisnevskaya, didn't deny this possibility. However, it was clear she was embarrassed by the journalist's question. Of course, Mishalov's "fame" precedes him. The staff at Bogomolets University, where he heads the Department of Pediatric Surgery, has long been discussing their colleague's lofty and unfounded ambitions. As university employees told us on condition of anonymity, V. Mishalov openly discusses his imminent appointment as Director of the Cancer Institute, claiming that the President's wife, Maryna Poroshenko, is personally lobbying for his candidacy. This is clearly causing a great deal of outrage and resentment in the medical community, which knows the true value of both his professional and personal qualities.
V. Mishalov owes his surgical career to his late father-in-law, N. Amosov, who supported his endeavors and urged his career advancement in gratitude for his daughter's "loyalty." To this day, doctors always joke about V. Mishalov, saying he "married well," even though he now has to endure Katya's periodic bouts of schizophrenia: "That's the price he pays for his surgical career."
But we won't dwell on his surgical abilities. Since V. Mishalov is aiming for the position of the country's chief oncologist, it's worth noting that he is not an oncologist and never has been one.
At Bogomolets's department, he is described as confrontational, hot-tempered, and with ambitions equal to at least the Minister of Health. Faculty members try to avoid any relationship with him beyond strictly professional matters. V. Mishalov has earned a reputation for being a "tyrant," threatening dismissal and problems at the slightest provocation. Furthermore, he has been repeatedly caught paying mediocre students to "enroll" them in university. Paying for successful exams in the pediatric surgery department is also common.
During the coup at Bogomolets University, when, at the instigation of O. Musiy, K. Amosova became rector of the university, V. Mishalov threatened all dissenting faculty with criminal liability for allegedly aiding former rector V. Moskalenko.
But what's most outrageous is the manner in which this well-married surgeon is attempting to become the director of the National Cancer Institute. He orchestrated the creation of a so-called "free trade union" at the National Cancer Institute, headed by a certain NCI employee named A. Semivolos. This pseudo-union has nothing to do with the National Cancer Institute's employee union, but it is currently bombarding the Ministry of Health with letters demanding that V. Mishalov be appointed director of the Institute. Otherwise, A. Semivolos is threatening the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Health with menacing pickets and protests outside government buildings.
The research institute staff quickly responded to this "rudeness" from V. Mishalov and A. Semivolos, informing the Ministry of Health of the real situation with the self-proclaimed trade union and declaring that V. Mishalov's appointment would not be allowed. Ukrainian oncologists from various regions are outraged by this and rely solely on the clear-headedness of the country's leadership.
The head of one of the regional oncology clinics, with whom we were able to speak on this topic, said the following: "If some enemy wants to destroy our country, all they need to do is install someone like V. Mishalov as chief oncologist. He alone, through his stupidity, is capable of dramatically increasing the mortality rate of Ukrainians who need qualified care, not impostors with scalpels."
One can only hope that the tolerant medical community will not remain silent when the President's wife, if this is indeed the case, uses her influence to send Ukrainian oncology into a downward spiral.
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