{"id":180390,"date":"2026-03-10T22:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/bojovyj-medyk-leo-student-tnmu\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:28:00","slug":"bojovyj-medyk-leo-student-tnmu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tdmu.edu.ua\/en\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/bojovyj-medyk-leo-student-tnmu\/","title":{"rendered":"Combat Medic Leo \u2013 A Student of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cHard or not, you just do it.\u201d<\/strong>
This is how Leo<\/strong>, a 35-year-old combat medic who currently serves in a frontline unit while pursuing medical education, describes his approach to life and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His story demonstrates why the\u00a0pilot project launched by the Ministries of Health, Education and Science, and Veterans Affairs of Ukraine, which allows combat medics to enroll in medical universities through a simplified admission procedure, is both timely and necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leo is an athlete with two higher education degrees<\/strong> and an authored scientific paper. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he actively helped people: first as a volunteer<\/strong>, evacuating civilians from occupied territories, and later by joining the Separate Presidential Brigade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to his background in chemistry<\/strong>, his knowledge of pharmaceutical substances, and his cooperation with volunteer organizations, he was appointed\u00a0senior combat medic in his unit<\/strong><\/span> and later served as acting medical assistant (feldsher) of the battalion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his years of service, Leo completed professional medical training, worked with wounded soldiers, and made critical decisions in situations where every minute mattered<\/strong>. When he learned about the opportunity for combat medics to enroll in medical universities through a simplified admission process, he decided to seize the chance and became a student at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Leo combines his service in the motorized infantry battalion of the 60th Separate Mechanized Inhulets Brigade with his medical studies<\/strong>, convinced that combat experience and academic education strengthen one another<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is precisely the purpose of the pilot project\u2014to enable combat medics who already possess real-world experience in extremely challenging conditions to obtain full professional medical education<\/strong> and continue working within the healthcare system as qualified specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For medicine, this means strengthening the system with people who already have practical experience, strong motivation, and a deep understanding of the value of professional decisions in critical situations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo says he sees his future in developing recovery systems for military personnel<\/strong>. His goal is to create a platform that helps soldiers\u00a0recover more quickly<\/strong><\/span> after combat operations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His personal principle remains unchanged:
\u201cStep by step to victory.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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