The medical outpatient clinic of general practice of family medicine in the urban-type settlement of Rokyni, Lutsk district of Volyn, received medical equipment worth UAH 196,000. On February 28, the head of the regional state administration, Volodymyr Bondar, handed over technical documentation to the institution and familiarized himself with its working conditions. This was reported to the Western Information Corporation by the press service of the RSA. An ultrasound diagnostic system, a gastroscope, two electrocardiographs, a biochemical blood analyzer, a specialized microscope, a pulse oximeter, family doctor kits and other devices and instruments worth UAH 196,000 – all of this was purchased at the expense of the Ministry of Health in accordance with the State Program for Equipping Rural Outpatient Clinics and Feldsher-Midwife Stations. Volodymyr Bondar reported that the 2006 budget provides UAH 250 million for the modernization of feldsher-midwife stations. In accordance with the Program, a schedule for the monthly provision of feldsher-midwife stations with the necessary equipment has been developed in the region. In February, this is already the fourth institution to receive medical apparatus. In addition to the medical outpatient clinic in the settlement of Rokyni, new equipment has arrived in Volodymyr-Volynskyi (village of Berezovychi), Kivertsi (village of Trostianets) and Rozhyshche (village of Shchuryn) districts. An innovation is also that Lutsk district has begun introducing medical offices in rural educational institutions. On February 28, such a point was opened in the Rokyni educational complex (agrarian lyceum). "In our time, the priority task is not the treatment of disease, but its prevention, the transition to family medicine, shifting the emphasis to health improvement, early diagnosis and promotion of a healthy lifestyle. We will make every effort to bring medical services closer to every person, every Volyn resident, every citizen of our state," summarized Volodymyr Bondar.