In an interview with a Turmush correspondent, she recalled being born in 1960 into a mining family in the village of Samarkandek in the Batken region, as the only daughter among five brothers. After graduating from Salikhov School in 1978, Inabat enrolled in a medical college in Kyzyl-Kiya, which she completed in 1981. Her career began at the Ravat district hospital, now known as the Ravat Family Medicine Group. “At first, I worked in the therapeutic department, then in pediatrics, and later I was transferred to immunization because my qualifications were related to working with children,” she shares.
After getting married in 1983, Inabat continued her career in the children's room of the maternity ward at the regional hospital in Batken. At that time, newborns were not handed over to their mothers immediately after birth, and each nurse was responsible for 40-50 infants. “We took care of them all night, feeding them with milk that was specially delivered to the department,” Inabat recalls about that time.
According to her, in recent years, the number of cars and young families in the Batken region has noticeably increased. “Now each nurse in the district has 2,500 residents, of which at least 150 are small children,” she says. Inabat administers vaccinations for people up to 56 years old, starting with newborns, who receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
The vaccination schedule includes numerous vaccinations, starting from 2 months and continuing until the age of 11. Inabat notes that vaccination is very important and warns against refusing it: “Some parents are afraid that their children will suffer from vaccinations, but this is not true. If medications are given on time, the child will not suffer,” she emphasizes.
Inabat's workday starts at 8:30 and ends at 17:30. Once, when she entered a store in civilian clothes, the staff recognized her and returned the money her husband had spent. “It was very nice to hear that I am called the 'second mother' of their children,” Inabat says with a smile.
She also expressed concern about the rise in vaccination refusals caused by false rumors. “In the past, everyone was vaccinated, but now many refuse, linking illnesses to the vaccine,” the nurse explains.
Inabat Abdullaeva, who is now 65 years old, is the mother of four children and the grandmother of 13 grandchildren. She is grateful to her parents for her education and for the opportunity to work in such an important field.
