Volyn viewers saw another episode of the "Public Forum" program on the air of the "Polissya-TV" TV channel on Saturday, January 15. The program was dedicated to issues of healthcare and medical services for the population. The broadcast of the program is the implementation of the third stage of the joint project of the Intellectual Service Consortium "Leon-Analitik" and the "Polissya-TV" studio "Volyn Authorities: Transparency, Efficiency, Responsibility." The project is carried out with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development. The problematic nature and the overly broad range of issues that arise in the process of discussing the state of domestic medicine forced the usually hour-and-a-half program to be extended to almost two hours. During this time, a lively discussion continued in two studios about the conditions under which it is realistically possible to transform the medical sector into a functional, resource-provided, high-quality, and at the same time universally accessible service system. In particular, the discussion covered the emergence and development of family medicine, medical insurance, the level of medical education, benefits in the healthcare system, and the specifics of rural medicine. Volyn experts shared their thoughts on the peculiarities of reforming medicine: the head of the regional state administration's healthcare department, Valeriy Samokhin, the head of the regional council's standing commission on healthcare issues, Volodymyr Karpuk, the head of the healthcare department of the Lutsk city executive committee, Fedir Koshel, and the chief physician of the Volyn Regional Hospital, Ivan Sydor. In addition to them, about three dozen leading doctors of the region became direct participants in the public forum, representing both budgetary and private medical institutions. Among them were medical professionals who are deputies of local councils at various levels. Thanks to the operation of the rating survey system, viewers of the TV channel also had the opportunity to express their opinions. To the question "Are you satisfied with the level of domestic medical services and treatment?" 16% of survey participants answered "yes," while 84% of viewers answered negatively. In total, more than 300 Volyn residents called the studio. The overwhelming majority of discussion participants concluded that changes for the better are possible, provided there is a fundamental increase in budget funding for medicine. At the same time, a special commentary was broadcast from the head of the relevant parliamentary committee, academician Mykola Polishchuk, who believes that without a fundamental reform of the structure of medical services, no additional funding will correct the existing situation.