In the West Kazakhstan region, a court has banned a local resident from driving due to medical contraindications, following a lawsuit filed by the police department. It turned out that the man is registered with epilepsy, reports infohub.kz.
According to the court, the Kazakhstani citizen obtained a category "B" driving license in August 2017. However, during the court proceedings, it was established that he is under dispensary observation with a diagnosis of G40.8 — "Other specified forms of epilepsy." The date of diagnosis is not specified.
"In accordance with the legislation, deterioration of a driver's health that prevents safe driving and is confirmed by a medical certificate is grounds for termination of the right to drive vehicles," the court's statement reads.
The regional court ruled that epilepsy is an absolute contraindication to driving. Therefore, the driving license of the resident of West Kazakhstan was revoked, and he is obliged to surrender it to the regional police department.
Earlier, it was reported that a joint inspection by the Ministry of Health and the police revealed many Kazakhstani citizens driving vehicles despite serious medical contraindications. The Ministry of Internal Affairs filed 13,000 lawsuits in courts to annul driving licenses, of which more than 7,400 licenses have already been revoked.
Previously, a woman from Almaty shared on social media her experience of undergoing the mandatory medical examination for drivers over 65, noting that doctors barely performed any tests.