DUSHANBE, April 24, 2014, Asia-Plus – Russian physicians have reportedly agreed to perform surgery on Tajik soldier Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was severely beaten by older soldiers.
Shahbol’s father, Numon Mirzoyev, says physicians from the Krasnogorsk military hospital in Moscow oblast have agreed to perform surgery on Shahbol Mirzoyev.
The preliminary cost of the surgery in the Russian hospital is more than 400,000 Russian rubles (equivalent to more than 11,000 U.S. dollars).
Numon Mirozyev said he had been forced to sell the house in the Asht district in order to pay for the surgery. He also expressed gratitude to people who are transferring money to the account opened for Shahbol Mirozyev.
We will recall that Iranian physicians were supposed to perform surgery on Shahbol. They were expected to arrive in Dushanbe in early April but they did not arrive because unit 2026 of the Main Border Guard Directorate Border of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) did not transfer 56,000 somoni, needed for the first surgery, to the International Ibn Sina Clinic in Dushanbe.
Deputy chief of staff of the Border Guard Hospital, Narzullo Rasoulov, claimed that Shahbol Mirzoyev does not need surgery.
“Shahbol Mirzoyev does not need the surgery. Twelve professors have examined him and according to them, points of injury of cervical vertebras have already knitted,” Rasoulov told Asia-Plus in an interview on April 17.
Medic of military unit 2026 deployed in the Roudaki district, Usmon Ghayratov, reportedly severely beat soldier Shahbol Mirzoyev on March 6.
According to Shahbol Mirzoyev, medic Ghayratov together with other medics began to mock at him and beat him up for no reason. “Mostly Ghayratov was beating me up,” Shahbol noted.
As a result of the beating, Shahbol Mirzoyev suffered a broken neck, paralyzed left leg and injured hands.
Shahbol is currently in Qariyai Bolo hospital in Dushanbe. He was taken to the hospital only 15 hours after the incident.
Last month, Numon Mirzoyev applied to President Emomali Rahmon with solicitation to take investigation into the incident under his personal control.
Meanwhile, the military prosecutor’s office instituted criminal proceedings against Usmon Ghayratov on March 14. The criminal proceedings were instituted under the provisions of Article 373 of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – violation of military regulations; an investigation is under way.
