OREANDA-NEWS. December 30, 2009. Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Wednesday has visited Kyiv City Clinical Hospital №1 for Children, has greeted hospital personnel and presented them with the computer for the medical staff and toys with candies for the sick children. The main aim of the visit was exp0ressing sincere gratitude towards the medical specialists for their work and participation in the destiny of three-years-old Nastia Mandziuk.

Information on horrible tragedy, which overtook Mandzyuk family, V. Lytvyn received during the visit in Kamyanets-Podilskiy at the beginning of October of the current year.

Parents of the girl addressed the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the request to help with the treatment in Saint Petersburg. According to the words of the doctors, in A.L.Polenov Research Institute of Neurosurgery the girl may receive help. V. Lytvyn immediately responded on the request of the child relatives: appealed to the V. Knyazevych, Ministers on Health Protection of Ukraine, V. Matvienko, Governor of Saint Petersburg and allotted financial help. After his assistance the child was transported Kyiv and was examined in Kyiv City Clinical Hospital №1 for Children. A lot of efforts for the treatment were made by V. Yu. Martynyuk.

"Today girl is already home, under the parental and medical care. Today I came to the hospital to express my thankfulness to these people", - V. Lytvyn declared. "All people in this hospital are kind-hearted, they are sincere. They make great deeds everyday in the course of the work with the seriously ill children. They posses great strength of will and courage", - the Head of the Parliament declared.

Giving comments regarding the situation with the law on increase of the State Budget expenses in UAH 22 million for the treatment of the children with oncological diseases, as V. Lytvyn was one of the authors of this Law, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine proclaimed that: "The fact the funds are not still allocated for the treatment of children with oncological diseases proves that the Government is totally irresponsible that shows 100% budget implementation and at the same time possesses no intention to allocate funds for the life preserving of small citizens of Ukraine."