Medicine. The first patients received treatment at a nuclear medicine ward established in Bishkek with support from Rosatom. The National Center for Oncology and Hematology under the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic used to produce medical isotopes in the 20th century, but its nuclear medicine laboratory had been out of operation since the 1990s. The refurbishment began in 2011 with the backing from the IAEA as new equipment for the production of radiopharmaceuticals and a single-photon emission computed tomography scanner were purchased for the laboratory. Last year, experts from the State Specialized Design Institute (GSPI, part of Rosatom) assisted the nuclear medicine ward in obtaining the required operating permits. V/O Izotop (also part of the Russian nuclear corporation) donated ‘cold kits’ for the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals containing technetium-99m.