Dozens of parents of seriously ill children gathered near the Ministry of Health. Video

Dozens of parents of seriously ill children came to the Ministry of Health. Video

Dozens of parents from different regions of the country gathered near the building of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. They are demanding that the department provide their children with vital medicines and specialized rehabilitation. According to the participants of the protest, this concerns about 400 children from various regions, most of whom are between five and seven years old.

The reason for the spontaneous gathering was severe damage to the central nervous system detected in the children. As one of the fathers who came told Podrobno.uz correspondents, his seven-year-old son began to fall frequently about a year ago, and then completely lost the ability to walk and speak. After examinations in the Jizzakh region and the National Medical Center, doctors diagnosed him with "subacute sclerosing panencephalitis," establishing that this was a complication of a previous measles virus infection.

The man also specified that the child was vaccinated against measles in the Zaamin district of the Jizzakh region.

"I don't know if the vaccination was done correctly or not, and whether the vaccination could have affected this condition, but we vitally need medicines," he added.

According to the participants of the gathering, the families have been appealing to all authorities for about three years, but have not received any real help.

"We have been writing appeals to the Ministry of Health and other relevant departments for more than a year. After the decree on expanding the list of orphan diseases was issued, we hoped that from January 1, 2026, the situation would change cardinally and the children would receive treatment. However, to date, we have not been given a single pill," the parents state.

All the gathered citizens were escorted inside the ministry building for negotiations, but media representatives are not being allowed into the department. It has not yet been possible to obtain an official comment from representatives of the Ministry of Health.