Beating doctors in Uzbekistan is hereinafter a reason for imprisonment

Today, on 2 March, at the thirty-seventh plenary session of the Senate, the law "On additions to the Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the establishment of liability for obstructing the legal medical activity of a medical worker" was discussed.

Particularly, as recently there has been an increase in cases of assault on medical personnel by patients and their close relatives, because they unjustly blame medical personnel for the deterioration of health, or death of patients.  In some cases there is simply no reason for the violence against doctors and medical workers.
The law aims to find a solution to the problems mentioned above.

The Code of Administrative Liability stipulates special responsibility for obstructing the legal medical activity of a medical worker, or for influencing a medical worker illegally in any way.

Citizens who have committed this illegal activity are subject to a fine of five to seven times the amount of the base calculation, and officials are subject to a fine of seven to ten times or administrative imprisonment of up to fifteen days.

Also, in Article 1977 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility, consideration of cases of obstructing the legal medical activity of a medical worker or unlawfully influencing a medical worker in any form for this purpose is determined.

Furthermore, it is noted that by Article 305 of this Code, the term of consideration of cases of this category is three days.

The senators said that the adoption of this Law will protect the rights of medical workers and prevents various interferences in their professional activities.  It serves to increase the status and prestige of the medical profession and to provide timely and high-quality medical care to citizens.

The law was approved by senators.

We remind you that a video showing the beating of emergency workers in the Sergeli district of Tashkent was circulated on social networks yesterday.

The Tashkent city branch of the Republican Emergency Medical Center received a call from one of the apartments in the 4th district of Sergeli district.  Following this, the employees of the ambulance brigade - doctor T.A. and paramedic X.O. arrived at the destination within a few minutes.

A.A., a female patient born in 1979, who was seriously injured as a result of being beaten, was given first aid by the "103" brigade.  Also, paramedic H.O. said, based on the patient's condition, that she should be immediately taken to the toxicology department of the Republican Emergency Medical Research Center.

Then, an acquaintance of the patient, K.A., a citizen born in 1990, allegedly accused him of not taking good care of A.A. and threatened the paramedic.

Consequently, the ambulance driver, who was protecting a civilian medical worker, hit T.S., born in 1970, and seriously injured him.