The Healthcare Ministry identified no breaches at “Medical Home “Odrex”” LLC and “Center of Medicine” LLC following an assessment during January 6-8, 2026. These organizations are linked to the Odrex clinic, which is implicated in 10 ongoing legal cases.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Health’s group discovered no irregularities in the operations of “Medical House “Odrex”” LLC and “Center of Medicine” LLC, connected to the controversial private Odrex hospital in Odessa, during a surprise check in early January. The Ministry of Health revealed this in reply to a query from UNN.
What the Ministry of Health says
According to the official communication, unannounced evaluations of compliance with the authorized conditions for carrying out medical practice were performed by the Ministry of Health group between January 6 and 8, 2026. They involved a couple of companies tied to the notorious private hospital “Odrex” – “Medical House “Odrex”” LLC and “Center of Medicine” LLC. The healthcare provider operates on the strength of the permits granted to these entities.
As per the findings of unplanned reviews of adherence by the Limited Liability Company “Medical House “Odrex” and the Limited Liability Company “Center of Medicine” to the Licensing Requirements for Conducting Commercial Activities in Medical Practice, executed predicated on the General Prosecutor’s Office’s application of 12/18/2025 during the period from January 6 to 8, 2026, the Ministry of Health Team did not spot any contraventions.
– reported the Ministry of Health.
At the same juncture, the ministry separately underlined that the existing statute doesn’t stipulate the issuance of any official record in the absence of offenses, and hence no formal orders or judgments arising from the inspection will be publicized.
Contrast with previous decisions of the Ministry of Health
This “triumph” of the appraisals raises questions regarding its impartiality. In the past, pursuant to the outcomes of the evaluation, “House of Medicine” LLC, another legal body associated with Odrex, had earlier been stripped of its authorization based on the outcomes of a Ministry of Health audit. At that time, the governing body arrived at contradictory conclusions and recognized a violation of the licensing terms and conditions and rescinded the company’s license.
“To void the permit from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for conducting economic activities in medical practice entirely, based on the findings of an unpredicted state oversight (monitoring) procedure concerning the business’s adherence to the legal requirements within the economic domain of medical practice subject to licensing, awarded to the limited liability company “House of Medicine” (EDRPOU code: 38156360, resolution on granting a permit dated 01/22/2015 No. 30), based on the licensee’s act of non-provision to the licensing authority of documents and information on the subject matter of the inspection at the written request of officials of the licensing authority during the assessment dated 11/25/2025 No. 17/16/1 (paragraph 10 of part twelve of article 16 of the Law of Ukraine “On Licensing of Types of Economic Activities”), the order of the Ministry of Health indicates.
Consequently, the existence of a pair of utterly conflicting judgments casts doubt on the consistency of the Ministry of Health’s strategies and presents a sensible query: why are infractions documented in certain scenarios, and “not identified” in others, in spite of the identical branding, shared stakeholders, and the clinic’s sensational backdrop, the manifestation of public statements from families of departed patients and individuals who suffered as a consequence of treatment, along with multiple criminal lawsuits concerning the aforementioned businesses. At present, there are 10 active criminal cases involving “Odrex”.
Particular consideration is likewise focused on the personal connections of Tigran Harutyunyan, the CEO of Odrex Medical House LLC, with Health Minister Viktor Lyashko. As UNN had previously communicated, Harutyunyan and Lyashko have been personally acquainted for many years. Furthermore, Harutyunyan serves as a member of the Ministry of Health’s working group on the advancement of private medicine, which is headed by the minister himself.
Given this backdrop, the results of evaluations of enterprises managed by Harutyunyan appear at the very least ambiguous, given that any casual ties between the governing body and the inspected entity invariably present reasonable risks of conflict of interest, notably when concerning healthcare facilities with a “track record” of deadly occurrences.
Considering all of these factors, the formal stance of the Ministry of Health comes across as fairly equivocal. Hence, a logical question emerges: did the Ministry of Health truly not find any infractions at Odrex, or did they simply opt not to?