Indian clinics interested in opening branches in Uzbekistan
Major Indian clinics, including Apollo, are considering the possibility of opening their clinics in Uzbekistan as part of expanding cooperation.
Indian clinics have shown interest in opening branches in Uzbekistan
Large Indian clinics, including Apollo, have shown interest in opening their medical facilities in Uzbekistan. This was announced to journalists on August 30 by Minister of Health Eldor Adilov during the state visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Uzbekistan.
According to the minister, more than 10 projects are already being implemented in Uzbekistan as part of cooperation with India. Another five promising initiatives were planned to be launched during the visit of the Indian delegation. Most of them are related to the pharmaceutical industry, in particular, to the production and localization of medicines in Uzbekistan.
The new projects are expected to be implemented not only in Tashkent, but also in the country's regions. In particular, at the time of the visit, the parties were negotiating individual initiatives in the Andijan and Surkhandarya regions.
A separate area of cooperation concerns the development of medical infrastructure. As Eldor Adilov noted, large Indian clinics, including Apollo, expressed a desire to open similar medical institutions in Uzbekistan.
"There are large clinics in India, such as Apollo and others. They have also expressed a desire to open similar clinics in Uzbekistan. We are now working on cooperation in this direction as well," said the head of the Ministry of Health.
In the field of medicine, the minister named oncology and cardiology as the main areas of cooperation with India. In the pharmaceutical sector, the launch of the Ankavel enterprise, which will be engaged in the production and localization of oncological drugs, was planned.
Eldor Adilov named proton therapy — a modern method of treating oncological diseases — as another promising area. According to him, the corresponding technology is already being used in India and is also included in Uzbekistan's plans, but its implementation is not part of the current project.
As part of the state visit, a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of Ayurveda and other types of traditional medicine was also signed.