In the Kyiv region, a doctor from Bila Tserkva was detained on suspicion of abuse of influence. He offered a serviceman, for a fee, to enter a false category of fitness for military service in his medical documents, which would allow him to remain in the rear. The attacker estimated 40 thousand hryvnias for his “services”.
A military man asked the doctor to undergo a medical examination. Having found out that the patient was an active military man, the doctor suggested that he write in his documents that he was limitedly fit for service, which would allow him to avoid participating in combat operations. The doctor also promised to influence the chief physician of the Military Medical Corps to draw up a corresponding unreliable conclusion.
While receiving the money, the doctor was detained by law enforcement officers. For the crime, he faces up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
Law enforcement officers have already opened criminal proceedings for abuse of influence, and the doctor was informed of the suspicion. The court chose for him a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of posting bail.
This detention calls into question the ethics of medical care in wartime, and also emphasizes the need for closer monitoring of the activities of medical professionals who have access to military medical records.
