The narcologist pointed out the absence of state rehabilitation programs
In Bishkek, there is a mass closure of private rehabilitation centers for people with drug addiction. This was reported on social media by Batma Estebesova, a psychiatrist-narcologist and director of the public association "Socium".
She emphasized that the reasons for the closures are quite serious: unacceptable treatment methods, violence, humiliation, and a lack of professional medical approach.
“You can't argue with that. Violence is not treatment! And what should dependents and their families do now?” she posed a rhetorical question.
Estebesova reminded that there are no state rehabilitation programs in the country.
“There is only short-term detoxification. Only a few private centers remain, which are scary to approach. And then what? Emptiness. Yes, in the closed centers, management was carried out by people without medical education, former dependents. Yes, the methods were harsh, sometimes even excessively brutal. But in these conditions, drug addicts achieved a fragile, but still remission. Most of them did not use drugs. Parents knew where their children were and that they were alive. Now they have simply been thrown out onto the street, back into the same environment with the same substances, without any support.
Some were lucky: their parents managed to place them in the remaining centers. We can and must close institutions where violence and cruelty are used, and where rights are violated.
We must punish for violence. But we do not have the right to leave a void. Addiction is a disease, not a crime. Rehabilitation is not isolation, but a long and complex process that requires professionalism. And if the state closes private centers, it must offer an alternative.
- Where are the state rehabilitation centers?
- Where are the long-term support programs?
- Where are the psychiatrists and narcologists, psychologists, social workers?
- Where is the support for families who are now in panic?
Today, not only parents are in shock. Dozens and hundreds of people are in danger, who may relapse, die from an overdose, or end up in prison.
This critical situation requires not loud headlines, but urgent dialogue and search for solutions involving doctors, human rights defenders, public organizations, and the families themselves. Closing centers is easy. But saving lives is a great responsibility,” concluded Batma Estebesova.
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