New health requirements for conscripts

The decision of the Defense Ministry and the Ministry of Health came into force in Belarus. The document specified the criteria for fitness for service. This applies to some diseases of the musculoskeletal and endocrine systems, eating and metabolic disorders, as well as cardiovascular diseases. For example, young men who have undergone laser correction can now serve. The requirements have also changed with the regard to scoliosis. All these points are associated with modern medical advances. 

No unscheduled medical examinations will be conducted. Each case is promised to be approached individually. The Ministry of Defense noted that no fundamental changes had been made in the assessment of the citizens' health condition during the draft.