It's a disgrace: Alina Mikhailova criticized military medicine for harming Ukrainian soldiers (video).

Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who sustain injuries on the front lines receive medical assistance from doctors, some of whom either lack knowledge of or deliberately violate treatment protocols. As a result, 25-year-old servicemen may, for instance, lose their vision. Due to issues with these protocols, soldiers are not given blood transfusions, with doctors believing this reduces the risk of complications. Concerns about military medicine harming the injured were shared by Alina Mikhaylova, head of the medical service "Ulf" of the First Separate Assault Battalion "Wolves Da Vinci" named after Dmitry Kotsyubailo, in a post on Facebook.

Military Medicine — Details of Mikhaylova's Statement

The paramedic published a fragment of a conversation with a medic whom she believes was improperly assisting wounded Ukrainian soldiers. You can hear her asking the interlocutor if he is familiar with treatment protocols and when blood transfusions should be administered. In response, the unnamed medic expresses concern about the risk of worsening the injured person's condition if they receive poor-quality blood.

"Then people die in hospitals when this expired blood is flowing," — the words of the doctor Mikhaylova spoke to can be heard.

The note states that the head of the medical service is feeling anger and protesting against the "idiocy" and "shame for the entire military medical system." According to her, the issue arose due to the actions of the medical company's commander, whom she labeled incompetent and ignorant. The paramedic concluded that she sees a "catastrophe in military medicine."

Mikhaylova listed several instances of incorrect assistance provided to the wounded, such as improper treatment of eye injuries. She explained that after such "treatment," a person at the age of 25 could lose their vision, and no investigation would be conducted since this is not, conditionally, a top general. Following this, a list of violated protocols that her colleague, the doctor, is unaware of is mentioned. The root cause of this situation is the lack of selection for those who will treat the injured. According to the paramedic's suggestions, military command should take five steps to address the issue: these involve certification, training, oversight, accountability for mistakes, and error analysis.

"This is not just a problem. This is a disgrace. And if we do not change this system now, the consequences will be catastrophic," — Mikhaylova wrote.

Under the note, the paramedic tagged the military command — from the Medical Forces command to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health. There has been no response to her public appeal yet.

As a reminder, military journalist and chief editor of "Censor.NET" Yuriy Butusov spoke about issues with a new brigade, where there is an excessive number of soldiers who have deserted their unit.