Fitness for service will be determined by anonymous medical data - Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of Defense has started anonymizing medical data

The Ministry of Defense reported that the process of determining fitness for military service will now be based on an anonymized dataset.

Deputy Minister of Defense Kateryna Chernogorenko noted that this will be part of the second stage of the reform. Now citizens will be able to undergo a medical examination at any civilian medical institution.

'The medical examination for a person will be similar to a regular medical examination. It will contain only the necessary information and will not be related to military-medical commissions. Medical data will be sent to the Ministry of Defense for processing. This dataset will be anonymized, so the doctor or the military-medical commission will not be able to establish to whom they belong and the person’s fitness for service,' - explained Chernogorenko.

Moreover, Chernogorenko stated that by autumn 2025, the medical conclusions of civilian doctors and the administrative conclusions of military-medical commissions will be separated.

'The civilian doctor will provide a medical conclusion, while military doctors will provide an administrative conclusion. These changes will be implemented nationwide by at least autumn 2025, so that conscripts can receive services comfortably,' - clarified Chernogorenko.