Ludmyla Padalko

Ludmyla Padalko (Ukrainian: Падалко Людмила Іванівна; born 8 March 1949) is a Ukrainian doctor, obstetrician-gynecologist, and chief doctor at the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Perinatal Centre (since 1990), Honoured Doctor of Ukraine (2001), and Candidate of Medicine (2002).

Padalko, born Ludmyla Kyi, was born on 8 March 1949 in Tersyanka, Novomykolaivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Her father, Ivan Kyi, was a mathematics teacher at a local school.

Her mother, Halyna, was the head of a grocery store.

In 1964–1965, Padalko moved to the district centre with her parents and sister.

She graduated from Novonikolayevsk Secondary School with a gold medal in 1966.

In 1967, she began studying medicine in Voroshilovgrad Medical Institute.

She married Vadym Padalko in 1970.

A year later, Padalko transferred to Dnipropetrovsk.

In 1971, her son was born.

In 1973, Padalko graduated from the medical institute with specialization in "general medicine" and qualification of obstetrician-gynecologist.

After medical school, she completed an internship at Dnipropetrovsk City Hospital No.9, after which she started working at Synelnykove Central Regional Hospital as an obstetrician-gynecologist.

Later, she received the position of deputy chief physician for the medical domain.

During her time as deputy chief physician, she oversaw the liquidation of maternity hospitals at former collective farms, the opening of a regional female consultation, and the development of blood donation.

In 1982, Padalko was first elected as a deputy in Synelnykove City Council.

In 1985, Padalko started working as an obstetrician-gynecologist at Dnipropetrovsk Regional Oncologic Dispensary.

In 1989, at the maternity hospital, the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Perinatology of the Faculty of Postgraduate Education Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy was opened on the initiative of professor Dubossarska Zinaida.

Padalko continued setting up the department's work, opened with the support of the rector Novitska-Usenko Ludmyla, where employees conduct medical advisory work for women and newborns in the form of clinical rounds, consultations, surgeries, and consultations.

During her career, Padalko authored several scientific papers:

Padalko has been awarded many awards at different levels:

On 10 April 1990, she became the Chief Physician of Dnipropetrovsk City Maternity Hospital No. 2. On June 26, 2012, the hospital was reorganized into the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Perinatal Center, where she remained Chief Physician.

With her assistance, a hyperbaric oxygen department was opened in 1991, and the laundry was restored.

An anaesthesiology and intensive care department were opened in 1993.

In 1998, the centre for women with disabilities was opened.

In 2000, the centre for pediatric and adolescent gynecology and the centre for juvenile obstetrics was opened.

In 2002, she was elected a deputy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council and was a candidate for people's deputies from the political party "Women for the Future".

In 2005, she joined All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", and in 2006, she was the second elected deputy to the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council.

She was a member of the standing committee of the regional council on the issues of entrepreneurship, the processing industry, trade, and consumer services.

In 2005, the hospital was certified and received the highest category.

In 2006, the breastfeeding support centre was opened.

In 2010, Padalko became a deputy to the regional council for the third time.

In 2014, in the parliamentary elections, Padalko was on the № 158 election list of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland".

During Padalko's tenure as a chief doctor, first at the maternity hospital and later at the Dnipropetrovsk regional perinatal centre, she assisted 5843 births (3006 boys and 2837 girls).

She oversaw the full scope of obstetric, gynecological, and oncologic surgical interventions, performed more than 4,000 gynecological operations and took over 30,000 women for personal examination.

As a leader, Padalko worked to improve the facilities and equipment at her hospitals.

In 2015, an organisational and methodological department with a telemedicine cabinet was opened.