Simpler procedure for transferring defenders of Ukraine for treatment abroad

Cabinet resolution #361 of April 21, 2023 

Decision-maker: the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 

Status: the resolution is in effect since April 21, 2023 

Who is affected: wounded service members and medical establishments 

Summary of the resolution: 

• medical establishments that treat defenders of Ukraine will be allowed to send their patients for treatment abroad. From now on, wounded service members will not need to be examined by a military-medical council 
• to transfer a patient abroad, medical establishments will have to provide the following documents: the patient’s consent to be treated abroad, the patient’s consent to the processing of personal data, an extract from the medical record, and a conclusion confirming that such a transfer is necessary 
• the list of patients transferred for treatment abroad will be submitted by medical establishments to the relevant state bodies under which defenders of Ukraine serve their term. 

What is right: 

• it will be easier for defenders of Ukraine to get treatment abroad 
• medical evacuation of service members for treatment abroad will take less time.