Most of the "VVK certificates" available for purchase online are sold not by doctors but by common fraudsters. This was stated by Health Minister Viktor Lyashko in an interview with "Suspilne".
The Minister noted that the process of passing the military medical commission was digitized back in 2022. According to him, from the moment a person arrives at a hospital authorized to conduct the VVK until they receive the medical conclusion, all documentation is processed digitally. Therefore, the Ministry of Health understands which doctor assigned the examinations and what exactly was done, as well as the conclusions drawn in the final document.
"If a criminal case is later considered, it is quite easy, by the judge's decision, to obtain all these documents, because otherwise there is no access to medical confidentiality except through judicial procedures," Lyashko said.
At the same time, the minister acknowledges that there are doctors who are willing to violate the law.
"I won't give you a specific figure to avoid mistakes, but there are criminal cases. And as soon as certain cases are identified, we always analyze, together with the NACP (National Anti-Corruption Agency - UNIAN), what we need to improve in our processes to prevent such cases in the future," Lyashko explained.
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As reported by UNIAN, the Ministry of Defense plans to check institutions conducting military medical commissions. The ministry states that these checks aim to ensure proper compliance with mobilization rules and medical standards as such, "to prevent violations as a phenomenon."
We also reported that the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Health plan to reform military medical commissions. The main goal is to separate the administrative part of the process from the medical one to avoid abuses that could benefit or harm those liable for military service. In particular, military personnel will no longer need to go to the TCK to pass the VVK—they will be able to choose the hospital where they will undergo the medical examination themselves.