Such a Generator Could Have Been Bought Much Cheaper In the sterile corridors of Chernivtsi’s Central City Clinical Hospital, where people’s lives should be saved without shadows of corruption, a scandal has erupted that sends shivers down the spine: prosecutors from the Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor’s Office, along with police, uncovered the embezzlement of budget funds for purchasing a backup power system. Officials snapped up an electric generator at twice the market price, draining nearly 800 thousand hryvnia from the treasury as if it were their personal pocket.
This is not a random blunder but a planned blow to trust, where life-saving equipment becomes a tool for enrichment, and patients wait for help in the shadow of dubious deals. Suspicions have already been served, and the case is heading to court to weigh their sins on the scales of justice.
Such schemes breed like mold in an abandoned basement because bureaucracy is a paradise for crooks, and the budget is easy prey for those holding the keys to procurement. In neighboring regions, where hospitals are equipped honestly without doubled prices and shadowy markups, no one risks taxpayers’ money: there generators hum reliably, and trust heals better than any medicine.
