Lyudmyla Lyatetska

Lyudmyla Volodymyrivna Lyatetska (; 7 November 1941 – 16 June 2020) was a Soviet and Ukrainian pediatrician and physician. She worked in healthcare institutions in Kherson as a otolaryngologist and later as deputy chief physician. Lyatetska was chief physician of the Central District Hospital in the village of Kalanchak between 1971 and 1981. She was later chief physician of the Kherson Children's Regional Hospital from 1981 until her retirement in 2015. Lyatetska was decorated with several state awards such as the Order of the Badge of Honour and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She was made a Hero of Ukraine in 2009.

Biography Lyatetska was born in the city of Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, on 7 November 1941.

She became chief physician of the Kherson Children's Regional Hospital in May 1981. Lyatetska was also a contributor to the organising of specialised care for newborns and the creation of a system for its provision at both the district and regional levels, the introduction of new modern technologies in the process of treating and diagnosis. She oversaw a reduction in morality and infant morality and prioritised the provision of specialised assistance to rural residents, primarily in Kalanchak.

She was the author of the book Organization of neurological care for children in the Kherson region in 1995, Mistress of a large house in 1998, co-wrote Medical care for children in the Kherson region in terms of reforming the industry (for 2000–2004) in 2004 and co-authored Experience of watermelon pulp application in complex treatment of secondary chronic pyelonephritis in children and Experience in the use of immunoglobulins in the treatment of neuroinfections in newborns in 2006. Lyatetska was given an Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "for significant personal contribution to the development of the health care system, organization and provision of medical care, introduction of new methods of diagnosis and treatment, high professionalism and conscientious work" in 1999; the in 2002. Lyateska was an honorary citizen of Kherson. In June 2021, a granite bas-relief memorial plaque was dedicated to Lyateska and unveiled at the main entrance of the Kherson Regional Children's Clinical Hospital.