Rally for resignation of Alymkadyr Beishenaliev held near Health Ministry

14:57, 05 февраля 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Gulmira Makanbai kyzy

A rally for resignation of Alymkadyr Beishenaliev is taking place near the building of the Ministry of Health in Bishkek.

Doctors and parents, relatives of the patients treated at the Bishkek Scientific Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics (BSRCTO) participate in the rally.

«Due to scandals involving the minister, our surgeries have been cancelled. We demand to leave Sabyrbek Dzhumabekov, director of the center, alone. Let them work. We do not need such reforms by Alymkadyr Beishenaliev. He should resign,» participant of the rally said.

The protesters consider the transformation of the Bishkek Scientific Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics into the Clinical Emergency Hospital and the dismissal of its director Sabyrbek Dzhumabekov from his post as the wrong decision of the head of the Ministry of Health.

By the order of the Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev the center was transformed into the Clinical Emergency Hospital. Its director Sabyrbek Dzhumabekov was relieved of his post. Guliya Kozhokmatova was appointed an acting director, and Damir Duishenov was appointed the head physician.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic announced that the City Clinical Emergency Hospital on the basis of BSRCTO the will be a multidisciplinary specialized institution for providing round-the-clock emergency medical care to the population in case of acute diseases, injuries, accidents, poisoning, as well as in case of mass injuries and disasters. It was reported that the BSRCTO has not been re-registered since 2004.

The Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev believes that Sabyrbek Dzhumabekov created the center and has been appointing himself a director since 2004.

Sabyrbek Dzhumabekov, the director of BSRCTO, stated that Alymkadyr Beishenaliev intends to disrupt the grant project for the construction of a new hospital and remove him from post.