The family of the comatose human rights defender insists on punishing the doctors

Published: December 6, 2022 6:37 p.m

Baku The Appellate Court did not satisfy the Gulaliyevs’ complaint

A human rights activist who fell into a coma after being hit by a car in October 2019 and has not yet recovered Oktay Gulaliyev’s family members also blame the doctors for his condition. In the past, the family fought on the legal level to punish the doctors as well. Ms. Firuza Gulaliyeva, a human rights defender, about the medical team crime although he complained to start his case, the prosecutor’s office refused. Gulaliyeva appealed to the court to cancel the decision of the prosecutor’s office. However, the Nasimi District Court did not satisfy his appeal.

Disagreeing with this decision, Firuza Gulaliyeva filed an appeal. On December 6 Baku The appeal was considered in the Court of Appeal. However, this instance did not satisfy the appeal – the decision of the lower instance court remained in force.

Firuza Gulaliyeva believes that it is necessary at the right time medical if interventions had been made, if surgery had not been delayed, Oktay Gulaliyev would not fall into a coma.

In question car the accident happened on October 29, 2019 at the traffic light at the intersection of May 28 and Pushkin streets of the capital. Green light for pedestrians way while passing by, Kanan Abdullayev hit him with the “Hyundai” car he was driving. Driver Clinical it immediately Medical He took him to the center (Semashko). According to Kanan Abdullayev, Oktay Gulaliyev talked on the road and in the hospital. He even stated that he was not seriously injured and said that there was no need to take him to the hospital.

Later, at the request of his relatives, he was admitted to the clinic Medical He was transferred from the center to “Baku City Hospital”, where he underwent brain surgery. From there, he was transferred to the Republican Neurosurgery Hospital. A few days later Heydar He was placed in a clinic in Istanbul to continue his treatment with the support of the Aliyev Foundation. 20 after being treated there for almost a year20He was brought to Baku on the night of November 7-8.

Kanan Abdullayev A crime He was found guilty under Article 263.1.1 of the Code (violation of the rules of traffic and operation of vehicles, when negligence causes serious damage to the health of the victim) and was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months of imprisonment. But this happened due to carelessness crime because of the punishment of the precinct type punishment will draw in the enterprise. If the punishment for crimes of this category is up to 5 years, it is of the precinct type punishment taken in the enterprise.