Kazakhstan's Ministry of Health has submitted a draft of new rules for evaluating the quality of medical organizations for public discussion. The document proposes stricter accountability for clinic directors regarding medical errors and modernization of patient support services, according to the website infohub.kz.
One of the key focuses of the project, published on the portal of open regulatory legal acts, is improving the Patient Support Service and internal expertise within medical institutions.
Additionally, the document specifies the certification procedure for medical workers and organization heads if serious violations are identified during state inspections. The specific criteria for "serious violations" are not disclosed in the draft.
"The changes are aimed at increasing accountability for compliance with established requirements and ensuring uniform approaches to assessing the quality of medical organizations," the draft's rationale states.
According to the ministry, the proposed measures are intended to improve the quality of medical care and enhance state regulation to protect patients' rights. However, the scope and rules for receiving medical care for citizens will remain unchanged.
Discussion of the draft order will continue until August 11, 2026.
Earlier, it was reported that the Health Ministry is launching a large-scale inspection of perinatal centers nationwide to protect mothers and newborns from hospital-acquired infections. The ministry emphasized that the inspections aim not at punishment but at risk prevention and auditing sanitary standards.
Additionally, earlier reports indicated that Kazakhstan plans to study the impact of extreme heat on pregnant women and infants.