Ukrainian military women will be provided with personal hygiene products and gynaecological examinations

Ukrainian military women will be provided with personal hygiene products and gynaecological examinations

Kyiv  •  UNN

October 29 2024, 12:40 PM • 6010 views

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the procedure for providing military personnel with hygiene products and medical examinations. Women will receive gynecological and mammological examinations, and men will receive urological examinations.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a procedure that provides for  the provision of personal hygiene products to female military personnel and gynecological and mammological examinations and treatment. It also provides for mammology and urology examinations and treatment for military men. This was announced by the government's representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk in Telegram, reports UNN.

Details

Melnychuk reports that the approved procedure provides for the prohibition of discrimination against servicemen in the field of material, medical, psychological and social support. 

The principles of material, medical, psychological and social support for servicemen are established, taking into account the needs of women and men, including the provision of personal hygiene and personal protective equipment for women servicemen in accordance with anthropometric data

- Melnychuk wrote. 

He also said that the peculiarities of psychological support and assistance to servicemen who were exposed to stress factors in extreme (combat) conditions or suffered from sexual harassment were determined. 

In addition, Melnychuk said that gynecological and mammological examinations and treatment for female servicemen, as well as mammological and urological examinations and treatment for male servicemen, are provided.

Recall

The Cabinet of Ministers has reallocated UAH 224.678 million for the rehabilitation program for military personnel at the Feofaniya clinic. The funds will be used to purchase a single-photon emission computed tomography system and other needs.

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