New military medical professionals are heading to hospitals

A graduation ceremony for eleven new military medical professionals has taken place today at the General M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy Liptovský Mikuláš. They will be immediately sent into hospitals to work alongside their colleagues on the coronavirus frontline.

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “Today, doctors and nursing staff are valued more than gold. That's why I am pleased that doctors from the ranks of the Armed Forces will now reinforce the extremely exhausted heroes in white coats. We are here for our citizens to save their lives and health, we are ready to make all our capacities available.” Mr Naď wished the new doctors a lot of strength in their service to the nation.

According to Surgeon General of the Slovak Armed Forces Brig Gen Roman Jantoš MD, as part of their military training, the defence doctors have completed Initial Military Training at the Training and Mobilisation Manning Base Martin and the Professionally Qualified Officer Course at the General M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy Liptovský Mikuláš. ”And while two of the eleven new doctors have finished their specialisation, the rest of them have been assigned to follow specialisation studies in different medical specialties,“ he explained.

All the defence doctors have been deployed to hospitals across Slovakia – 35 have been placed at hospitals and 3 in GP practices, whereas an additional eleven new defence doctors will now reinforce them in the days to come.