KYIV, Feb 7 - Canada and the World Bank will assist Ukraine in the reform of rural medicine and the formation of a telemedicine network, President Petro Poroshenko has said.

"I am very grateful to our Canadian partners who supported my program on the development of rural medicine and the World Bank. Together they provide us with the necessary assistance for the formation of a telemedicine network in Ukraine," Poroshenko said in a video on his Facebook page.