Ukraine approves concept of military rehabilitation development: What does it mean
Currently, the rehabilitation of injured Ukrainian soldiers is carried out in the Unified Medical Space – in hospitals of the Ministry of Defence, hospitals for civilians of state and municipal ownership, and in institutions of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defence has approved the Concept for the Development of Rehabilitation of Injured Soldiers, which provides for their treatment in specialised institutions.
Source: Andrii Kikh, Colonel of the Medical Service, Head of the Military Medical Clinical Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Kikh says the concept was developed in order to build a network of modern rehabilitation centres and develop rehabilitation structural units in hospitals of the Ministry of Defence.
Quote: "Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, we managed to combine all state and municipal resources to ensure the treatment and rehabilitation of our defenders," he says.
Kikh adds that the order of the Ministry of Defence has already developed a route and defined a list of institutions that will be able to provide multidisciplinary rehabilitation assistance.
"The issue of rehabilitation of Ukrainian defenders is now one of the key issues for both the present and the future of Ukrainian military medicine. We need more resources, more qualified specialists who would like to join the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and specialised rehabilitation institutions," the colonel added.
In an interview with Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia, Yevhenia Slivko, the advisor of the Medical Forces command, said this concept will help to create a network of rehabilitation centres of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ukraine for the recovery of the military.
"Treatment will be more effective, because we aim to involve specialists directly and expand the field of rehabilitation assistance.
Currently, we need specialists willing to join the Armed Forces. It is important for a person to understand that, for example, you do not just have a shift there from 08:00 to 17:00, like a civilian, but a permanent one, because military service is ahead," Yevhenia Slivko said.
Background: The duration of civilian and military rehabilitation was increased to 168 days.
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