Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region

History

2024: Appointment of Tatiana Kolchinskaya as Minister

In April 2024, Tatyana Kolchinskaya was appointed the new Minister of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region. Previously, she worked in the City Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the city of Chelyabinsk. Read more here.

2023

Appointment of Elena Nedochukova as Minister

In early December 2023, Elena Nedochukova was appointed the new head of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region. In this post, she replaced Agatha Tkacheva, who resigned of her own free will. Read more here.

Ex-deputy head of the Chelyabinsk Ministry of Health received a term for awarding victory to suppliers in public procurement of medical equipment for 191 million rubles

In early February 2023, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk found the former deputy head of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region, Alexander Kuznetsov, guilty of abuse of office in the purchase of medical equipment. The former official was sentenced to 6 years of suspended imprisonment, with a probationary period of 4 years. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Department of the TFR in the Chelyabinsk region. Read more here.

2022

Detention of Elena Selishcheva on charges of fraud worth 63 million rubles

On June 13, 2022, it became known about the detention of the general director of the Chelyabinsk company Medservice-region, which is suspected of fraud worth 63 million rubles when supplying CT scanners at an inflated price. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. Read more here.

Agata Tkacheva - Head of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region

In May 2022, it became known about the appointment of Agatha Tkacheva as the new head of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region. The corresponding decree was signed by the governor of the region Alexei Teksler. Read more here.

The head of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk region Yuri Semenov resigned

In early May 2022, it became known about the departure of Yuri Semenov from the post of Minister of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region. As reported in the decree of the head of the region, Semenov resigned of his own free will. Read more here.

2022: Deputy Head of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region detained in the case of the purchase of CT scanners at inflated prices

On February 18, 2022, it became known about the detention of the Deputy Minister of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region, Alexander Kuznetsov. He became a defendant in a criminal case on the purchase of medical equipment at inflated prices. Read more here.

2021

Searches in the case of purchases of CT scanners at an inflated price

At the end of September 2021, the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk Region was searched in the case of the purchase of CT scanners at an inflated price. Operational measures carried out by employees of the regional FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs took place within the framework of the initiated criminal case under Part 1 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of authority).

This was reported to Interfax by a source familiar with the situation. According to him, law enforcement agencies seized a number of documents on state tenders for the purchase of medical equipment.

The Chelyabinsk Ministry of Health conducted searches in the case of purchases of CT scanners at an inflated price

According to the agency's interlocutor in law enforcement agencies, the investigation suspects officials of the regional Ministry of Health of abuse in the procurement of medical equipment under the national project "Healthcare." In particular, in April and May 2020, the region acquired three Optima ST540 multispiral CT scans worth 46.5 million, 47 million and 47.5 million rubles each. According to law enforcement agencies, the total cost of the purchase was exceeded by 27 million rubles.

According to the publication Znak.com, searches were also carried out at equipment suppliers. The companies Region-Service LLC, Medservice-Region CJSC and Ural Med Reserve LLC came to the attention of law enforcement agencies. During the investigative actions, accounting documents were seized.

According to TASS, searches were also carried out at the Deputy Minister of Health Aleksei Kuznetsov. No one has been detained. The press service of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk region confirmed the fact of investigative actions in the department and noted that the ministry is providing all the necessary assistance.

The Ministry of Health is interested in an objective result of investigative actions. On the part of the department, all the necessary assistance will be provided to law enforcement agencies, - commented in the Chelyabinsk department.[1]

Ex-head of the Chelyabinsk Ministry of Health sentenced to 4 years in prison for a bribe

On July 1, 2021, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk sentenced the ex-head of the drug supply department of the regional Ministry of Health Arina Ustyugova to four years in prison in a general regime colony. She was found guilty of receiving 507 thousand rubles as a bribe from a representative of a commercial organization. Read more here.