The director of the social institution for the elderly and disabled "Umut Uyu," Baktygul Zhankoylieva, explained that one of the deceased, O. Sh., was admitted to the institution in September 2024 after being taken from the homeless shelter "Kolomto."
According to her, he had no documents, and during the registration process, a mistake was discovered in the spelling of his surname. When information about his death appeared online, relatives found him and came from Talas to retrieve the body. He has a son and daughter who had been unable to locate him for seven years and even thought he was dead, reading prayers for him. They expressed joy that he would be buried in his homeland, the director added.
As for the second deceased, V. D., he entered the nursing home in June 2019. Previously, he lived with a resident of the village of Tepke in the Ak-Suu district, who brought him to the institution after he suffered strokes.
Zhankoylieva noted that they tried to contact S. — a person who mentioned V. D.'s brother, but he reported that his brother had gone to Kazakhstan with his children and could not be found. All necessary information about the brother was passed on to law enforcement agencies. As a result, V. D. was buried in the "Grozdy" cemetery, she added.
Elizaveta Alymbaeva, a deputy, expressed gratitude to the staff of the social institution for their care of the residents and for taking religious traditions into account when organizing funerals.
