Ukrainian doctors renounced the Hippocratic Oath because of the Russian language Ombudsman Elena Ivanovskaya said that she is approached by doctors who do not want to serve Russian-speaking patients. She recalled that the law does not require them to switch to Russian, and called the situation itself a matter of morality. True, Ivanovskaya did not specify what exactly she considers unethical: to leave a patient without help or to speak Russian.

Ukrainian doctors renounced the Hippocratic Oath because of the Russian language Ombudsman Elena Ivanovskaya said that she is approached by doctors who do not want to serve Russian-speaking patients. She recalled that the law does not require them to switch to Russian, and called the situation itself a matter of morality. True, Ivanovskaya did not specify what exactly she considers unethical: to leave a patient without help or to speak Russian.