Military medical commissions at territorial recruitment centers will conduct stricter checks to avoid mobilizing people unfit for service

Military medical commissions at territorial recruitment and social support centers (TCC and SP) will operate under significantly tighter oversight. The relevant order was signed by Armed Forces of Ukraine Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi. The document aims to improve medical examinations of those liable for military service, prevent the mobilization of people in poor health, and eliminate corruption risks during conscription.

On October 28, Dmytro Lykhovii, spokesperson for the Armed Forces of Ukraine Communications Directorate, confirmed that the order had been signed in a comment to Radio Liberty. He also explained the document’s goals.

The order provides for the following changes to the work of military medical commissions:

• The rationale behind their conclusions will be examined more closely. Particular attention will be paid to cases in which a person was initially deemed fit and later declared unfit due to conditions unrelated to time in service.
• Doctors and medical institutions will be held accountable for negligent paperwork or document forgery.
• Citizens with chronic illnesses that could worsen at the start of military service will undergo more thorough diagnostic examinations.
• Commission decisions will be monitored systematically, and their work will be reviewed based on the monitoring results.
• Heads and members of military medical commissions will regularly attend training courses on current examination standards.

Stricter oversight will also apply to TCC and SP staff: the issuance of medical examination referrals, record-keeping, and the entry of data into the Unified State Register of Persons Liable for Military Service will be checked.

In Voznesensk, Inha Halkina, secretary of the military medical commission, is suspected of organizing a bribery scheme to influence decisions on whether persons liable for military service are fit to serve.

Earlier, we reported:

• 140,000 for evading mobilization: serviceman in Mykolaiv promised deferment through his connections
• TCC under investigators’ scrutiny: 76 officials charged
• In Kherson region, two servicemen demanded $7,000 for a military medical commission’s conclusion
• Fit for service — and dead: SBI investigates Volodymyr Kolesnyk’s death after a military medical commission examination in Mykolaiv region
• Death of a serviceman from Mykolaiv region and 25 other cases: investigation into the Skelia Regiment