The key facts

  • The honorary title 'Honored Healthcare Worker of Uzbekistan' was conferred on four specialists, including directors of republican medical centers.
  • Professor of Tashkent Medical Academy/University Adkhamjon Vaisov received the title 'Honored Mentor of Youth of Uzbekistan'.
  • The orders 'For Selfless Service' and 'Labor Glory' were awarded to doctors and a laboratory assistant from Fergana and the republican pediatric center.

Awards for Medical Workers' Day

The President of Uzbekistan has signed a decree awarding a group of healthcare workers on the occasion of Medical Workers' Day, Kun.uz reports. The awards were granted for many years of effective work, knowledge and professional skill in implementing programs aimed at developing the healthcare and pharmaceutical system based on international standards, improving the quality and efficiency of medical services and fundamentally reforming the sector, as well as for active participation in introducing advanced technological and innovative methods in diagnostics and treatment.

Honorary titles

The honorary title 'Honored Healthcare Worker of Uzbekistan' was conferred on four specialists: Botir Daminov, director of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation; Mirjalol Dzhurayev, scientific head of the abdominal surgery department of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Oncology and Medical Radiology; Shavkat Karimov, director of the Republican Specialized Center for Surgical Angioneurology; and Azamat Yusupov, director of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Eye Microsurgery. The title 'Honored Mentor of Youth of Uzbekistan' was awarded to a professor of the first department of dermatovenerology and cosmetology at Tashkent State Medical University Adkhamjon Vaisov.

Orders

The Order 'For Selfless Service' was awarded to Aziz Aliyev, a neurologist in the neurology department of the medical association of the city of Kokand, Fergana region, and Nazira Alimukhamedova, a laboratory assistant at the clinical diagnostic laboratory of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Pediatrics. The Order 'Labor Glory' was awarded to Nurillo Mamasadikov — the Kun.uz publication does not specify his position. The full text of the decree is published on the official website of the President of Uzbekistan.

Context and significance

The wording of the decree emphasizes reforming the sector and introducing international standards — this is consistent with the list of awardees, which includes heads of specialized republican centers in nephrology, oncology, angioneurology and eye microsurgery. For readers, this is above all information about the recognition of specific specialists whose centers and institutions operate across the country: the awardees represent both the capital's scientific centers and Tashkent Medical University, as well as the regional level — the medical association of Kokand. In practical terms, the decree means the official confirmation of honorary titles and state awards for the listed specialists; no other measures or changes in the sector follow from the publication.