Rally to demand the resignation of the Minister of health of Ukraine Oleksandr Kvitashvili takes place on Wednesday near the building of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev, reports Ukrainian news Agency.

according to the Agency, the protesters chanted " Down with Kvitashvili!". They are holding posters " corrupt officials behind bars!" and " Where available medicine?".

"because some people had the idea that the Ministry of health finally working, will be reform, but during those six months, We have only heard promises of populism. We demand that the leadership of the Ministry of health has resigned. We require that given the route of youth. We demand that the Minister Kvitashvili resigned, "said one of the founders of the campaign" Turn to treatment in the Cabinet ".

According to organizers of the action, including movement " Patients of Ukraine ", " Centre for countering bribery ", " all-Ukrainian network of people living with HIV, more than 200 patients lined up for treatment in the Cabinet. The reason - the health Ministry has until now not bought medicine, and the Cabinet, according to the organizers, didn't check the implementation of state programs for the treatment, making 30 thousand HIV-infected Ukrainians " cast adrift ".

yesterday about the possible resignation of the Minister of health spoke in the Ukrainian Parliament. For example, the issue raised by the leader of the presidential faction "Block of Petro Poroshenko" Yuriy Lutsenko.

sections: Politics