“Medicine and Us”: The Work of Hospitals in the Sumy Region

June 14, 2006. Sumy State Television and Radio Company. The special program “Medicine and Us,” aired in honor of Medical Workers’ Day, highlights the work of medical facilities in the Sumy region, their equipment, and the development of medical care in the region.

The episode features city and regional hospitals, specialized centers, maternity hospitals, and rural clinics. Among them are an infectious diseases hospital and a hepatology center, an HIV/AIDS prevention center, a tuberculosis dispensary, a children’s hospital, and obstetrics and gynecology facilities. The program also covers the opening of the regional cardiology center and the chronic hemodialysis unit.

Commentators: Mykola Blyzniuk, Head of the Health Department of the Sumy Regional State Administration; Lyubov Bilogubova, Chief Nurse of the Sumy Region; Volodymyr Horokh, Chief Physician of the First City Clinical Hospital; Volodymyr Ryabichenko, infectious disease specialist and head of the Hepatology Center; Vladimir Butenko, Chief Physician of the Regional HIV/AIDS Prevention Center; Vladimir Zbarazhsky, Deputy Chief Sanitary Doctor of the region; Liana Nikitenko, Head of the Pediatric Hematology Department; Olena Nikolaienko, Head of the Pathology Department at Maternity Hospital No. 1, Olena Nikolaienko; Chief Physician of the Shostka Central District Hospital, Oleg Shtogrin; and Chair of the Regional Committee of the Health Workers’ Trade Union, Larisa Maslova.

The program was produced by: writer K. Ivanenko, director Y. Brychenko, and cameraman O. Novozhon.