As a result of improper work in some private medical institutions in Tashkent, which are licensed to treat coronavirus, the condition of patients is deteriorating and death cases are occurring.
The Ministry of Health announced the closure of a private hospital in Tashkent that did not meet the standards of treatment for coronavirus.
“It is known that due to the complicated epidemiological situation in our country and the sharp increase in the number of coronavirus patients, since May of this year, private hospitals have been allowed to treat this disease.
For this purpose, the private hospital will sign a voluntary agreement with the Health Ministry of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Tashkent city and regional health departments for the treatment of coronavirus infection.
In addition, according to the agreement, a private medical institution must strictly adhere to the rules of sanitary epidemiology, standards of diagnosis and treatment of the disease, regularly submit reports on the work done through an electronic information system.
However, studies show that not all private medical facilities that are properly licensed to treat COVID-19 infection fully comply with the requirements set out in the contract.
In particular, in some private medical institutions, there are cases when doctors prescribe antibiotics, hormones and other drugs to patients in violation of the standard of treatment of coronavirus patients. As a result, the condition of patients treated in these medical institutions has worsened and even led to their deaths,” the ministry said in a statement.
According to Farhod Rahimkulov, head of the Health Ministry’s department, currently 25 private hospitals in Tashkent and 6 in the regions are licensed to treat patients with COVID-19.
“Unfortunately, there have been recent cases of laboratory-approved pneumonia being treated by some unlicensed private hospitals on the grounds that “it is not a coronavirus”.
As a result, patients treated in such hospitals, which are not adequately equipped and do not comply with sanitary requirements, are transferred to state medical institutions specializing in the treatment of coronavirus with severe complications.
In addition, treatment standards are not being followed in some private hospitals that have signed voluntary contracts to treat patients with COVID-19 infection. As a result, the patients’ condition worsens and they are transferred to other medical institutions.
For example, during the monitoring of the private hospital ASIA SHINE HOSPITAL in Tashkent, which received permission to treat the coronavirus disease, it was found out that the patient’s medical records were incomplete and of poor quality. The standard requirements for the treatment of COVID-19 patients were not fully complied with. The organization was not connected to the electronic information system patients.ssv.uz and did not regularly submit reports on coronavirus. As a result, the shortcomings aggravated the condition of the patient treated at the hospital, who later died at the state medical facility,” he said.
Therefore, a decision was made to unilaterally terminate the contract for the treatment of coronavirus patients, signed on July 19, 2021, between this private institution and the Tashkent City Health Department.
In addition, until August 10, the hospital was instructed to transfer 16 coronavirus patients to other hospitals, and from this date, a mandatory instruction was issued to discontinue the treatment of patients in this direction.
At the same time, it was noted that information on violations committed in this medical institution will be sent to the prosecutor’s office.
"Based on the above, the Ministry reiterates the need to adhere to established diagnostic and treatment standards in the treatment of patients with COVID-19 infection, regardless of the form of ownership, and declares that these medical facilities will be regularly monitored,” the Health Ministry said in a statement.
