Military Medical Centre

Mission:

The Military Medical Centre provides protection and improvement of the Army members’ health, and consequently provides high level of combat readiness of the units, commands and centers of the Army.

Tasks:

• Performance and control of preventive-medical activities, in the units and centers of the Army;
• Primary health care of the Army and MoD employees;
• Specialist health care of the Army and MoD employees.
• Medical provision of:

– Field training activities of the Army units;

– VIP persons and delegations from the country and abroad;

– Participation of the medical personnel in peacekeeping missions;

– Bearer of the accomplishment of the partnership goal to construct a Role-1 Mobile field hospital for medical support of the Army;

– Medical training of the ARM and MIA personnel, as well as of members of NATO and PzM countries.

Preventive Medicine Department (PMD)

Essential task of the PMD is improvement and maintenance of health and readiness of the Army members through:

• Conducting preventive-medicine activities in the units, centers and commands of the Army:

– Hygiene-prophylactic and anti-epidemiologic measures;

– Sanitary inspection and hygienic-epidemiologic  assessment;

– Disinfection, fumigation and pest control;

– Systematic specialist check-ups (AVL, MoD employees, before and after a mission, voluntary military service, schooling abroad and in diplomatic-consular offices).

PMD is organized into 5 departments which function as organizational-professional unity in the course of work, they are:

• Epidemiology department;
• Hygiene-chemical department;
• Microbiology department;
• Occupational health department;
• Medical informatics department.

Military Ambulance

Tasks:

• Primary general-medical care;
• Primary dental care;
• Medical provision in the barracks and during field training activities of the Army units.
• Medical provision of VIP persons and delegations from the country and abroad during visits of the Army and the MoD.

Specialist Consultative Activity Department

Tasks:

• Systematic specialist check-ups
• Specialist health care of the Army and MoD employees in the domain of ambulance-polyclinic specialist services:

– Internal medicine,
– Neurology;
– Psychiatry;
– Ophthalmology;
– Otolaryngology;
– X-ray diagnostics;
– General dentistry;
– Pediatric/Children and preventive dentistry;
– Orthodontics of jaw and teeth;
– Diseases of the mouth and teeth;
– Dentist prosthesis.

Medical Training Department (MTD)

Carries out medical training of the ARM members, members of other state institutions in Republic, as well as for the needs of NATO and Partnership nations. The total number of participants who have attended and successfully completed the courses in MTD is 2029, 1679 of whom in Macedonian language and 350 in English language.

Tasks:

• Training for rendering emergency assistance and self-assistance;
• Training for life-savers;
• Training of medical teams;
• Training of instructors;
• Training and practice of the medical personnel of the Army.

Lieutenant Colonel Zoran Chanakovski

Lieutenant Colonel Zoran Chanakovski was born on 14 December, 1982, in Karlovac, Republic of Croatia. He completed his primary education at the Primary School “Gjorgi Sugarev” in Bitola and secondary education at the General Secondary School “Josip Broz Tito”, natural sciences and mathematics programme.

In 2001, he enrolled in the Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski” in Skopje, after which he continued his education at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA), in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye. He graduated in 2008, earning the title of Doctor of Medicine. After graduation, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

Since 2009, he has been in active military service in the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia, starting his professional career as a general practitioner in the Military Outpatient Clinic in Veles, providing primary healthcare and medical support to military personnel. During his service, he has held positions such as Chief of Military Outpatient Clinics in Shtip, Ohrid, and Prilep, and he currently serves as the deputy commander of the Military Medical Center and Chief of Staff.

From 2019 to 2024, he completed his specialization in neurology at the Medical Faculty in Skopje, obtaining the title of Neurologist.

As a military doctor, he participated three times in the ALTHEA peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the periods of 2010-2011, 2014-2015, and 2017-2018, making significant contributions to the execution of international peace tasks and medical support for personnel.

He continuously developed professionally through active participation in numerous congresses, symposiums, seminars, and professional training in the fields of neurology and military medicine. As part of his professional development, he has successfully completed the Course on Medical Management and Support during Major Incidents (Budapest, 2013), the Course on Infectious Diseases and Tropical Pathology for Military Medical Officers (Amsterdam, 2016), the Course on Executive Health Resource Management (San Antonio, 2017), the Course on Hospital Management during CBRN Incidents (Skopje, 2018), the Course on Emergency Medical Assistance on the Battlefield (Ankara), and the Course on Electromyography (Ankara, 2026).

For his professionalism, dedication, and contribution to service, he has received several awards and honors, including the Medal for Merits for Participation in the ALTHEA Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a Certificate of Appreciation from the Deputy Commander of the ALTHEA Mission, and a Gold Badge from the Chief of the General Staff of the Army.

In July 2026, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In addition to Macedonian, he is fluent in Turkish, English, and Serbian.

Lieutenant Colonel Zoran Chanakovski is married and the father of two daughters.