On July 9, 2019 the regular meeting of the Honorable Council took place at the walls of the Bogomolets National Medical University. We are writing to let you know that we are on the finish line, because the last stage of the selection of winners at the Medical Oscar has already begun.

At the meeting the Chairman of the National Expert Commission Professor Pokhylko V.I. presented the results of the work and submitted for approval to the Honorary Council the nominees for the Order of Saint Panteleimon in five nominations - 4 candidates in each and also 4 persons in 3 nominations for the "Medal of St. Panteleimon", which were approved and received by the Honorable Council.The nominees for the Order were represented by the Heads of the Regional Councils, and the Honorary Council considered the nominations accordingly. The Head of NEC and for compatibility Chairman of Poltava Regional Council Professor Pokhylko V.I. introduced the nominees from the Poltava region, in turn Chairman of the Regional Council of Kyiv A. Musienko presented the nominees from Kiev, and the Head of the Regional Council of Ivano-Frankivsk region Professor Botsyurko V.I. - nominees of the Frankivsk region. From the Odessa, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions at the meeting of the Honorable Council nominees were represented by the secretaries Bagrasaryan V.E., Rozhdestvenskaya A.A. and the Chief physician of the Mechnikov Regional Clinical Hospital Ryzhenko S.A.

In the absence of the Heads of Sumy and Lviv Regional Councils, nominees was represented by Chairman of the Executive Commission Junger V.I.

According to the accepted changes in the Statute of Order, another nomination was created this year for foreign citizens who have made a great contribution to the development of healthcare in Ukraine, so this year the Order will have 6 nominations. Applicants for the Award in the newly created nomination for foreign citizens were presented by a member of the Executive Commission of Order Klymniuk I.S.

The next meeting of the Honorable Council will take place on July 30.

Congratulations to all the nominees for the Order of St. Panteleimon, as you have already won regional and national selections, and now each of you is a contender for the "Medical Oscar"!