"Absolute Fraud": Suprun Debunks Gordon's "Golden Pyramids"

The Ministry of Health has never issued licenses for the pyramids.

Acting Health Minister Ulyana Suprun has said the supposed healing properties of the "golden pyramids" are a myth; the devices, which became popular in the early 2000s, are once again being pushed on the Ukrainian market.

Suprun said so on Friday, August 16, in a post on her Facebook page. She accompanied the post with a photo of the "Yu-Shinse" pyramid, whose fan and promoter is considered to be Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon.

The head of the Ministry of Health called the pyramids "absurd things" that seemed to have remained in the past forever. Suprun noted that sellers of these products promised people almost miraculous healing, but if you enter "golden pyramids" into a search engine, you will hardly find anything other than advertising articles.

These materials may also contain reviews from "healed" clients, doctors and scientists who allegedly tested the "invention" and insist on its healing properties, but they contain no references to research or scientific articles.

According to Suprun, the Ministry of Health has never issued licenses for the pyramids. They were entered into the State Register of Medical Devices and Products for Medical Purposes and authorised for use on the territory of Ukraine by order No. 132 of the State Service of Drugs and Medical Products dated March 31, 2006, signed by First Deputy Head of the Service Inna Demchenko. The validity of the state registration certificate expired on March 31, 2011. 

At the time, the State Service of Drugs commissioned expert reviews and tests, with the performers selected by the applicant himself from a list of the State Service of Drugs.

In the case of the pyramids, three expert reviews were conducted:

• technical – at the SE "Ukrainian Medical Certification Centre";
• preclinical – at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry;
  
• clinical – at the "Concha-Zaspa" sanatorium of the State Administration of Affairs.
  

According to Ulyana Suprun, the sphere of registration of medical devices in Ukraine was deliberately not clearly regulated and now requires serious changes. The head of the Ministry of Health also urged Ukrainians to think critically, trust only verified sources and consult their family doctors.

In July of this year, Dmytro Gordon, in an interview with Radio Svoboda about the "Yu-Shinse" pyramids, said that he advertised a device called the "Golden Pyramid," did so consciously and for free, believes in its properties and considers it a "brilliant invention" that "cures many diseases." In addition, according to the journalist, this product had a Ministry of Health license.

"I took part in the advertising campaign for the medical device "Golden Pyramid," which had a Ministry of Health license, patents and more than 2 years of clinical trials in hospitals in the city of Kyiv and other cities. – Gordon stated. – That is, I took part in advertising a medical device that is legal and that was developed under the supervision of the Ministry of Health."

Earlier, Acting Health Minister Ulyana Suprun and Minister of Education and Science Lilia Hrynevych called on parents to vaccinate children according to the vaccination schedule, otherwise they will not be able to attend schools and kindergartens.