16:27, 01 ноября 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Nargiza TOKOEVA
Cochlear implant surgeries will start to be performed on adults in Kyrgyzstan in the coming days. The Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev said at parliamentary hearings on the draft republican budget for 2025.
According to him, doctors have been trained in Turkey, Mongolia, Russia, and a group of doctors will soon leave for Vienna. The surgeries will be performed at the National Hospital. Equipment for the surgeries is being installed there.
In addition, cochlear implant surgeries will be performed on children at the National Center for Maternal and Child Welfare. The equipment has also been purchased.
According to the minister, negotiations are currently underway with Qatar on performing 500 free surgeries. In previous years, doctors from this country performed 168 free surgeries, 33 — in 2024.