Highlight
• Indian Ambassader handed over the ITFH to Tajikistan’s Deputy Defense Minister
• Tajikistan received the entire complement of medical equipment
• A team of Indian Army doctors and medical professionals has helped 100,000 patients
• Indian Army doctors and staff provided various medical services to Tajik nationals
On June 11, the India-Tajikistan Friendship Hospital (ITFH) in Bokhtar was handed over to Tajikistan’s Deputy Defense Minister, Major General Shohiyon Abdusottor on behalf of the Indian government by
Ambassador of India to Tajikistan Viraj Singh.
“The Tajik side received the entire complement of medical equipment, medicines, stores, and support equipment, including an operating theatre, X-Ray machines, laboratories, critical care ambulances, and administrative vehicles,” according to the Indian Embassy in Dushanbe.
Valuable medical services provided to the Armed Forces and civilian
The hospital was renovated by the Indian government and reopened in October 2014 as a result of a memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries in January 2013.
“Based on technical support and financial assistance from the Government of India, this fully-fledged 50-bed hospital has provided free-of-charge valuable medical services to the Armed Forces and civilian population of Tajikistan for the last 8 years,” the Embassy stated.
What medical facilities are provided at ITFH?
Medicine, Pediatrics, ENT, Surgery, Gynecology, and Dental therapies are among the medical services available.
Over the years, a team of Indian Army doctors and medical professionals has helped 100,000 patients and performed nearly 2000 procedures at this hospital. In addition, Indian Army medics have assisted in the training of Tajik doctors and medical personnel. ITFH has received around 42 tonnes of ‘Made in India’ medications from India.
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As per the release, a team of Indian Army doctors and medical staff have provided various medical services to Tajik nationals and simultaneously trained numerous Tajik doctors and medical staff. Over 42 tons of ‘Made in India’ medicines have been sent to ITFH in the last 8 years.
Besides the hospital, New Delhi has also provided medical support to Tajikistan in other forms. India provided 2 million doses of oral polio vaccine through UNICEF in 2010 after the outbreak of Polio in southwest Tajikistan.
Then, in 2018, 10 ambulances have been gifted by the Indian government to various regions of Tajikistan and this was followed by 50,000 HCQ tablets and 100,000 paracetamol tablets to Tajikistan in 2020 following the global pandemic of COVID-19.
Also, almost 700,000 ‘Made in India’ Covishield vaccines were supplied to Tajikistan in 2021.
