Almanac
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital: SarajevoArea: 51.197 km2Population: 3.531.159Official Language: Bosnian, Serbian, CroatianArmed Forces Personnel: 9.200Medical Officers: 45Military Hospitals / Institutes: 0/n/aMissions: n/a
Surgeon General
n/a
Ministry of Defence
Hamdije Kreševljakovi a 98
71 000 Sarajevo
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Hamdije Kreševljakovi a 98
71 000 Sarajevo
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Basic Task of the Military Medical Service
Provision of prophylactic medical support to prevent injury, illness and the spread of infectious disease. Medical support of command and operational units of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Medical standby service
- Medical support during the training of commands and operational units of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Organisation and coordination of systematic medical and laboratory examinations.
- Training of members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly in the fields of first aid and in medical prophylactic care.
- Medical support of landmine clearance units and other duties.
Structure
The Sector for Procurement and Logistics within the Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina includes a Medical Department of Veterinary. This department is responsible for drawing up medical and veterinary medical policies and the regulations for the operation of the medical service. The department currently has a doctor, a vet and a pharmacist.
The medical service of the Armed Forced of Bosnia and Herzegovina is organized as follows: It is incorporated in the commands of the units, in the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (ZS OS BiH), in Operational Command of the Armed Forces of B&H (OZ OS BiH), in the Command for the Support of the Armed Forces of B&H (ZP OS BiH) and in brigade commands.
Medical units of company size are stationed at the main logistics and logistic support bases and are qualified to provide direct medical support at the locations where the commands and units of the Armed Forces are deployed.
MEDICAL DIVISION
FOUR COMPANY COMMANDS
| MEDICAL FORMATION (Basic formation) | MEDICAL FORMATION (Basic formation) |
| 24 | 37 |
| COMMAND UNITS | COMMAND UNITS |
| 1st Section | 1st Section |
| 2nd Section | 2nd Section |
| 2nd Section | 2nd Section |
| 2nd Section |
The units are stationed in accordance with a territory-based principle and the location of the command and other units of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Number of Medical Service Personnel
| General Practitioners | 16 |
| General Medical Consultants | 8 |
| General Surgical Consultant | 1 |
| Epidemiology Consultant | 1 |
| Internal Medical Consultant | 1 |
| Pulmonology Consultant | 1 |
| Ophthalmology Consultant | 1 |
| Dermatology Consultant | 1 |
| Family Medicine Consultant | 1 |
| Neurology Consultant | 1 |
| Biochemistry Consultants | 1 |
| Dentists | 1 |
| Veterinary Surgeons (Providing Prophylactic Care) | 10 |
| Pharmacist | 1 |
| Medical Technical Assistants | 138 |
Field Deployments
The military medical service can provide medical support to units of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina that are deployed outside the state up to Role 1. In order to provide support to units participating in peace missions abroad, medical units need to be provided with the appropriate equipment and training.
The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina do not directly provide medical training to their medical officers, these obtain their qualifications from civilian institutions and through the training programmes provided by NATO member states.
(status: 11th June 2020)
