OREANDA-NEWS. On August 12, 2009 The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has commissioned to check information that appeared in media concerning probable abuse by functionaries of Kryvyi Rih maternity home related to use of medication Curosurf.

The commission was addressed to Minister of Health Vasyl Knyazevych, Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii Lutsenko, Economics Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn, Head of Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration Viktor Bondar.

In case the information spread in media confirmed, the guilty persons are to undergo criminal proceedings.

Besides, Yulia Tymoshenko empowered the Minister of Health Protection and heads of regional state administrations within two weeks to hold checks of all maternity hospitals with regards to compliance with requirements of the legislation related to prescribing and use of medications.