Almost 1.5 billion hryvnias from extra-budgetary revenues will be additionally allocated to healthcare in 2004. This was stated today during a working trip to the city of Lutsk by the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Health, Motherhood and Childhood, member of the "Our Ukraine" faction Mykola Polishchuk. According to him, the 10 billion hryvnias "hidden in the budget" will be "thrown out," but not all. Of these, 1.5 billion will be directed to healthcare. As Mykola Polishchuk reported, this issue must be resolved at a meeting of the working commission on the distribution of additional extra-budgetary funds under First Vice Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. At the same time, he stated that his candidacy was not wanted to be included in this commission. The chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health, Motherhood and Childhood is today on a working trip to the city of Lutsk. During the trip, he met with the head of the regional council Vasyl Dmytruk, employees of the Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital and the Lutsk City Clinical Hospital, and deputy-medics of councils at various levels.