Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman expects that the first tangible results of medical reform in the country can be expected in a few years, but efforts need to be made.

"I think, fundamentally, in a few years we will be able to see the first successes, but this does not mean that we will be waiting for two years," Groysman said on Thursday evening on the 1plus1 TV channel, adding that the healthcare sphere in Ukraine is so neglected that it will take several years to feel the results of the reform.

He said that 13 cardio logical centers will be opened in Ukraine this year and the same number in the next year. "We will expand the list of free medicines, that is, we will show in course of time that the situation is really changing," the prime minister said.

Groysman also noted that a working group would be established to implement the medical reform. "It will be very inclusive, and we will implement these changes in a balanced way and very seriously," he said.

As reported, on Thursday the Verkhovna Rada supported at the second reading and on the whole the draft law on state financial guarantees for the provision of medical services and medicines (medical reform).