Volodymyr Zelenskyy changed the commander of the medical forces of the Armed Forces
Zelensky reported the replacement of the Commander by the medical forces of the Armed Forces. Instead of Major General of Medical Service, Tatiana Ostashchenko, the head of state was appointed by the new commander, Major-General of Medical Service Anatoly Kazmirchuk. Kazmirchuk previously held the position of Chief of the National Military Medical Clinical Center "Chief Military Clinical Hospital" in Kiev.
The President of Ukraine stressed that a fundamentally new level of medical support for Ukrainian soldiers is needed. "From quality turnstiles to full digitalization and transparency in supply, from quality training to sincere communication with combat physicians in those units where medicine is released properly and efficiently. The experience of effectiveness of specific units should be widespread for all defense forces," said Vladimir Zelensky. .
Anatoliy Petrovich Kazmirchuk - Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Laureate of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the development and implementation of innovative technologies. As well as Major General of Medical Service. Earlier, Kazmirchuk held the position of Head of the Department of Medical Assistance of the Central Branch of the Clinic of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
From 2005 to 2011 he was the chief of the nephrological department of the clinic of urology and nephrology of the main military clinical hospital. On November 21, 2017 he defended his doctoral thesis. Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on sanctions against some individuals who supported the Russian Federation.