Medical Forces Command | |
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Active | 2020 – present |
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Type | Medical corps |
Role | Provide healthcare for all the military personnel in the Armed Forces |
Size | 100,000 |
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Garrison/HQ | Povitroflotskyi Avenue, Kyiv |
Nickname(s) | "КМС ЗСУ", KMS ZSU |
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Current commander | Major General Anatoliy Kazmirchuk |
Medical Forces Command (Ukrainian: Командування Медичних сил Збройних Сил України) is the specialist corps in the Ukrainian Armed Forces responsible for providing medical services to military personnel and their families. At the beginning of February 2020, the command was established, providing for the unification of the medical service under the leadership of the Commander of the Medical Forces, who in turn is subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] Four operational commands will be created within Medical Forces Command, totalling to 134 people.[2]