President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is meeting with healthcare and pharmaceutical sector workers ahead of their professional holiday, presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov reported.
Over the past 10 years, Uzbekistan has opened new clinics and hospitals capable of serving 10 million people. Healthcare reforms and the expanded role of the private sector have created 58,000 treatment beds, while the volume of medical services has tripled.
Uzbek clinics now offer more than 100 types of medical services, including complex brain surgeries and organ transplants. Work is also underway to digitise healthcare, including services at private clinics and pharmacies.
“We will soon enhance this [digital] system with artificial intelligence capabilities to make it a genuine assistant for doctors and nurses,” Mirziyoyev said.
Uzbekistan aims to meet 70% of domestic demand for pharmaceutical products through local production. In recent years, 330 new manufacturing facilities worth a total of $1 billion have been launched. Projects worth a further $1.2 billion are being developed at Tashkent Biopharm City and in four pharmaceutical special economic zones.
The president proposed establishing a special state award named after Abu Ali ibn Sino (Avicenna) to honour healthcare workers who set an example in protecting public health and introducing advanced scientific developments and treatment methods.
Mirziyoyev also presented medals and orders to a group of healthcare workers. Nurillo Mamasodikov, founder of the private Central Asian Medical University in Fergana, received the Mehnat Shuhrati Order.
Joldas Kuljanov, head of orthopaedics at a university hospital in St. Louis, US, received the first-degree Soglom Avlod Uchun Order. The same award was presented to:
Bakhromkhon Alyavi, director of the Republican Specialised Centre for Therapy and Medical Rehabilitation;
Ulugbek Sobirov, director of the Republican Specialised Centre for Dermatovenerology and Cosmetology;
Zarifjon Ashurov, director of the Republican Centre for Mental Health and head of the Association of Psychiatrists of Uzbekistan.
Ayub Isakhan Ayubi, CEO of US-based organisation Project CURE, which works with governmental and non-governmental non-profit organisations, received the Dustlik Order. Ahror Yakubov, a neurosurgeon at Tashkent’s private Jacksoft clinic, was awarded the second-degree Salomatlik Order.
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