P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Murodov, Mukhtor

Tajik anesthesiologist Mukhtor Qodirovich Murodov was born in the

village of Khamirjuy in Konibodom on February 20, 1936.

Between 1959, when he graduated from Tajikistan State Medical

Institute, and 1964, he served as doctor of anesthesiology and

reanimatology of the Republic working at TB Hospital No. 1. Between

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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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1964 and 1967, he became an intern in the Department of General

Surgery. He earned a doctorate degree in anesthesiology and in

reanimatology in 1970. He became a professor in 1974. Between 1974

and 1978, he was the Director of the Anesthesiology and

Reanimatology Department of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute. In

1978, he became the Director of the same institute.

Murodov was instrumental in introducing new technologies for the

care of the aged and for artificial limbs. Murodov's research deals with

pathogeny and care of difficulties in breathing after surgery and with

pathophyiological changes in very grave cases. Murodov's contributions

include Diagnostika i lechenie milliarnogo atelektaza liogkikh

(Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Lung, Dushanbe,

1973).