The head of the Eye Microsurgery Hospital, Almazbek Ismankulov, was placed in the remand center 1 in Bishkek. The decision was made by the Oktyabrsky District Court of the capital.
By the decision of the investigating judge, a measure of restraint in the form of detention until April 9, 2023 was chosen for Almazbek Ismankulov — until the end of investigation of the criminal case.
Talant Ryskulbek uulu, director of the Municipal Property Management Department, was placed under house arrest for the same period.
A criminal case was initiated against the head of the Eye Microsurgery Hospital Almazbek Ismankulov and officials of the City Hall under the article «Corruption».
«It was found out during an inspection that the head of the hospital and several responsible officials of the structural divisions of the Bishkek City Hall committed criminal acts in order to illegally obtain material interests and other privileges. Despite the fact that the building of the 2nd unit of Clinical Hospital No. 6 is not subject to lease to individuals, and despite the acute shortage of hospital beds, they illegally rented it out with deliberately lowering size of the rent. As a result, the state suffered material damage in the amount of 93,162,576 soms. The investigation is ongoing,» statement of the Prosecutor General’s Office says.
