CABAR.asia: Коррупция в городском Центре здоровья №1 Душанбе

CABAR.asia investigative article (Russian, by M. Rozikzoda) reports on alleged corrupt practices at City Health Centre No. 1 in the Firdavsi district of Dushanbe (326 staff, up to 800 patients/day). Journalists visited on 8 and 21 December 2018. The article reports direct cash-to-doctor payments without receipts in ophthalmology (10 somoni) and ENT (15–25 somoni), a doctor requesting 20 somoni for a procedure not on the posted price list (signed by director Amirova G.Kh.), and issuance of a “Form-86” health certificate in five minutes for 80 somoni after the doctor asked whether the visitor was “one of ours”. The article cites an anonymous staffer saying signatures/stamps of six doctors in five minutes is impossible and some pre-stamp blanks. Named persons cited: patient Zarnigor Khodjaeva; centre director Gulkhumor Amirova (denying allegations); lawyer Zafar Rasulov (NGO “Мир права”); expert Abduhalil Kholikzoda (estimating the informal healthcare market over 3 billion somoni); sociologist Muzaffar Olimov (Shark centre); Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda (19 December 2018 National Council meeting); President Emomali Rakhmon (26 December 2018 Majlisi Oli address). Tajik Criminal Code Articles 319, 320, 321 on bribery cited. Project funding: Norwegian MFA via “Giving Voice, Driving Change”.