Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych congratulated medical employees on their professional holiday on Sunday.
"Dear friends, I cordially congratulate you on the Day of Medical Workers. Selflessly and tirelessly working, every day you save and give people the most valuable thing – life, " he said in a letter of congratulations, which was posted on the web site of the head of state, Interfax informed.
Yanukovych said that health reform that was launched two years ago had already produced the first positive results among health workers and patients.
The President said he was "confident that the state would continue to do everything possible to effectively modernize the healthcare industry in Ukraine."
