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The Cabinet of Ministers has ordered Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister Vasyl Lazoryshynets to fulfill the duties of the health minister, the prime minister's spokesperson Olha Lappo has said.

“The government has decided to suspend Oleh Musiy from the fulfillment of the health minister’s duties and dismissed First Deputy Minister Ruslan Saliutin. Chief of Staff Lazoryshynets has been vested with the fulfillment of the minister’s duties,” she told reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

At a government meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk proposed suspending Health Minister Musiy from office and dismissing his first deputy, Saliutin, for not ensuring the tender procurement of the necessary medicines.

He said that the Health Ministry had made only 25 percent of the required purchases, “despite dozens of orders.”

“The Health Ministry and the Finance Ministry are given 21 days to complete the procurement procedures,” Yatsenyuk said.