__Valentyn Shapoval

__Chief state health officer

__Today there are 3 municipal (Poltava, Kremenchuk, Komsomolsk), 25 district sanitary-epidemiological stations and two disinfection stations (in Poltava and Kremenchuk) in the region. 331 doctors and about a thousand medical workers work in the system of sanitary-epidemiological service. All these people are devoted to their profession, and each of them makes certain contribution to mutual business of support of sanitary-epidemiological well-being of the region by everyday work. Among them there are 2 candidates of medical sciences: М. Kovhan and V. Shapoval; 5 honoured doctors of Ukraine: V. Shapoval, V. Akimov, P. Matsiychuk, Z. Horbenko, V. Shulha; honoured workers of health protection of Ukraine:

__А. Dimitraky, О. Belinskyi, H. Zhushman, L. Pylaeva.

__Today the staff of sanitary-epidemiological service consists of plenty of industrious and devoted to their profession specialists. Among them there are: М. Asaul, N. Horbenko, L. Dzekun, О. Zahorulko, H. Bilous, Т. Krupinina,

__О. Miroshnychenko, Z. Nikolashyna, О. Hubar, О. Tenetko and others; the workers of municipal district sanitary-epidemiological stations and disinfection stations: V. Akimov, V. Samoilenko, М. Kulish, V. Malenko, М. Hladush, О. Demochko, О. Shovkoplias, М. Chaika, V. Tovstyi, М. Olefir, V. Tyshenko, М. Riabko, P. Matsiychuk, N. Zalizniak, О. Semynoh,

__О. Pantelei, V. Konstantinov, N. Prokopovych, М. Romaniuk, V. Dashkovska, S. Tkalenko, S. Monastyrna, P. Vasylets,

__S. Mykhailova, Т. Barabash, А. Zhuravliov, М. Sheremet and others.

__Also health officers assistants and epidemiologists rendered great assistance in the past and make it nowadays. Among them there are: М. Oher, L. Kryzhanivska, М. Knysh, S. Myliukova, V. Kostenko, L. Nechyporenko, О. Kalynichenko,

__N. Pokotylo, М. Lukashenko, N. Kovpak, О. Rybak, А. Sherstiuk and others.

__35а Vatutina Street

__Poltava 36039

__tel./fax: (0532) 60-62-65

__E-mail: oblses@poltava.ukrtel.net