Rada Appoints Deputy Health Minister Liashko As Health Minister Даша Зубкова
The Verkhovna Rada has appointed Deputy Minister of Health – Senior Medical Officer Viktor Liashko as Minister of Health.
262 MPs voted for his appointment, with the minimum required 226, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
During his speech, Liashko promised that he would soon develop a concept on insurance medicine in Ukraine.
Also, according to him, in 2021, they intend to add new drugs for the treatment of mental illnesses with critical conditions to the list of drugs under the Affordable Medicines program.
On February 26, 2020, Liashko was appointed the Senior Medical Officer of Ukraine.
From February 2018 to July 2019, he worked as First Deputy Director General of the Public Health Center.