KIEV, April 24 - President Viktor Yanukovych, in response to a letter of request from members of the board of trustees of the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital (Kiev), has ordered the government to urgently address the issue of funding the construction of a new building at the hospital.

"The head of state demanded that the government ensure the smooth financing of the construction of this facility," the presidential press service quoted the president's commissioner for children's rights, Yuriy Pavlenko, as saying.