Supportive Medications for Military Branches in the Ministry of Defense

Circular 187 regulates supplementary medication for the military and corps in the Ministry of National Defence as follows:

- Scope of assurance: Assured beyond the standard medication for regular medical examination and treatment, beyond the scope covered by health insurance for units that have participated in health insurance; aimed at disease prevention, protection, and enhancement of health for subjects directly performing duties in strenuous, hazardous, and dangerous conditions.- Subjects assured in the following specific cases:- Commandos, reconnaissance, intelligence, pilots, air mechanics, airborne communicators, aerial radio - radar surveillance operators, divers: Individuals directly carrying out training and combat missions in the military and corps within the Army;- Electronic reconnaissance, radar operators: Individuals directly engaging in operation, use, training, and combat missions in the military and corps within the Army;- Border areas: Individuals assigned to units in economically - socially especially difficult border areas;- Near-shore islands, surface ship soldiers: Individuals assigned to near-shore islands, surface ships;- Occupational diseases, military-specific hazards: Individuals under the list of occupations, heavy, hazardous, dangerous work, and extremely heavy, hazardous, dangerous work in the Army as regulated by the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs;- Truong Sa-DK soldiers: Individuals assigned to island points, rig houses, direct duty ships in Truong Sa-DK;- Border soldiers: Individuals assigned to Border Guard posts.

In cases where one person falls into multiple assured categories, they are entitled to the highest standard.

Before June 1 each year, unit medical officers report the number of subjects entitled according to Clause 3 of this Article; after this period, in case of a change in personnel, unit medical officers report additional numbers to higher-level medical officers directly up to the Military Medical Department.

- The assurance method is regulated by Circular 185 as follows:- Unit medical officers assure by providing supplementary medication, suitable to the specific military needs of each subject;- In case supplementary medication cannot be purchased, assure by providing functional foods with the same ingredients and effects.

See details Circular 187/2017/TT-BQP effective from September 25, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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