The director of a Kyiv hospital—where the front lines are reluctant to send the wounded—has been fired

The Kyiv City State Administration’s Department of Health has decided to terminate the contract early and dismiss Viktor Dorosh, director of the Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital. Officially, he will step down from his position on June 18, 2026. 

This decision was based on the results of a comprehensive audit of the hospital conducted by a special commission, which uncovered numerous violations in the hospital’s operations, as well as the director’s failure to comply with the terms of his contract and improper performance of his official duties.

These personnel changes took place amid public outcry and the opening of a criminal investigation by the Kyiv police into the death at this hospital of Serhiy Kuznetsov, a soldier with the 56th Separate Mariupol Motorized Infantry Brigade. According to volunteer Oksana Korchynska, the soldier, who had shrapnel wounds to his legs, abdomen, and back, was conscious and reportedly on the mend; but the medical staff did not pay sufficient attention to his back injuries or his complaints of worsening health, after which his heart stopped on June 9. Currently, city authorities have expressed their condolences to the family of the deceased, Serhiy Kuznetsov, and have called for waiting for the official results of the forensic medical examination.

Volunteers and human rights activists, including Masi Nayem, have called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy and the dismissal of the facility’s director, emphasizing that this is not the first instance of negligence. In particular, in April, the Third Army Corps’ Support Service discovered an unidentified, seriously wounded soldier at the hospital who had not been taken to the operating room for several hours while bleeding from the head. In April, at a meeting on targeted evacuation, more than 80 escort services even appealed to the Medical Forces Command, demanding that they stop
sending soldiers to this hospital. 

This was reported by the Kyiv City Health Department itself.