In the Volyn region, the head of the outpatient department of one of the district hospitals and at the same time the head of the medical-consultative commission was exposed. During July-November of this year, he received from 12 residents of the district monetary funds totaling more than 1.3 thousand UAH and food products for assistance in obtaining disability groups or extending the disability term. \nDuring the year, this person, acting in collusion with an official of the district state administration, approved medical prescriptions for obtaining psychotropic substances, which he subsequently misappropriated and used in his own medical practice. This was reported by the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. \nA criminal case has been initiated \n