In Pskov, sick conscripts are sent to the army, promising to cure them during their service. This is reported by the Pskov Council of Soldiers' Mothers. In the draft commissions, future soldiers are told that in the army they will be put in a hospital and will be treated.
For three days, the activists of the organization observed the work of the draft commissions, providing advice to the recruits. Together with public figures, four young men came to the medical commission, whom they decided to draft into the army, despite serious illnesses: epilepsy, osteoporosis, osteochondrosis of a large number of intervertebral discs and others. A young man who recently fell from the height of a four-story building, having received a severe head injury and neurological diseases, was also recognized as fit.
The doctor in charge of the medical examination of the conscripts told representatives of the Council of Soldiers' Mothers that the list of diseases, which gives the right to a deferment from service, was no longer valid and that they did not accept descriptions of X-ray lists made by "some" radiologists, and were taking pictures for the description "to your radiologist".
With regard to the young men who came with the social activists, it was possible to postpone the call for the time being. The activists of the organization recorded a case when a young man who had undergone a complex operation on his leg was summoned to the commission - he came to the commission with a stick. They wanted to recognize the young man fit for service, promising that he would be treated in a military unit.
In addition, the commission decided to call several young people who did not pass tests, ECG, fluorography.
According to the "soldiers' mothers", a student of the Pskov Theological School, who suffers from several chronic diseases that gives him the right to be exempted from conscription, was almost drafted to serve in the Armed Forces. The guy became ill after the senior doctor of the medical commission declared that he was fit for military service. He turned very pale, his hands began to shake, but the doctors said that he was a fake, although the young man's medical record indicated that he had seizures from childhood and he lost consciousness. The young man was urgently hospitalized from the recruiting office to the hospital.
Social activists also note that the Pskov draft board is not staffed with all the necessary specialists: instead of a neuropathologist, a narcologist is working on the commission.
The plan for conscription into the army in Pskov and the Pskov region as of December 10 is 60% fulfilled.
