Afət Ziyadqızı
The disability pension paid for 10 years to Vahid Badalov, father of the late Valeh Badalov — a National Hero of the Patriotic War and Special Forces group commander — has been suspended.
Südabə Qaziyeva, the fallen serviceman’s mother, lodged the complaint with “Qafqazinfo,” Operative Information Center-OMM reports.
She said her husband has numerous illnesses and is in serious condition: “My husband, Vahid Badalov, suffered a heart attack during the April battles in 2016. He underwent open-heart surgery and had a stent put in his heart. He was then granted a Group II disability pension and received it for five years. He already had diabetes, and in 2020 his condition deteriorated severely. He was classified as disabled for a second time because of the disease.
My husband has suffered a brain hemorrhage, and his pancreas has almost stopped functioning. His legs are bent and twisted. In 2022, he was hit by a car. He sustained a traumatic brain injury; he has a stent in his heart and has also undergone surgery on his eyes and rectum. He has numerous illnesses; there is not a single healthy part of him. We spend our days in hospitals.”
The fallen serviceman’s mother said they have been visiting hospitals for more than a month but have been unable to resolve the issue: “In October, we contacted Zagatala District Central Hospital for his next examination. We have been going from hospital to hospital for a month. I hired a car and took him to Baku, where they sent us to three hospitals for his endocrine condition, heart problems and traumatic brain injury. We collected documents from all of them and came back. Now they are sending us to Sheki again to enter those documents into the system. I hired a car; my husband is unwell, and we keep travelling back and forth. We have been on the road for a month. Finally, they told us that the documents have to be entered into the system in Zagatala, after which an appointment will be scheduled and we will have to go to Sheki.
They said TƏBİB had instructed Zagatala Hospital not to enter this man’s documents into the system at all. I demand that they at least enter the documents so I can take my husband before the in-person medical commission and they can see his condition for themselves.”
First Lieutenant Valeh Badalov, who was killed in action, served in the Special Forces from 2015 and took part in the April battles. During the 2020 Patriotic War, he fought in operations to liberate Murovdag, Jabrayil, Khojavend and Fuzuli. He was killed in the fighting in Jabrayil and was buried in the village of Ashagi Tala in Zagatala district. He was awarded the medals “For the Motherland,” “For the Liberation of Jabrayil,” “For the Liberation of Kalbajar,” “For the Liberation of Khojavend,” “For the Liberation of Qubadli” and “For the Liberation of Fuzuli,” as well as the title of National Hero of the Patriotic War, one of the country’s highest distinctions. He was the only son in the family.
His mother, Südabə Qaziyeva, is a primary school teacher at Secondary School No. 3 in the village of Ashagi Tala, Zagatala. Three years ago, she achieved a record result in a teacher certification exam, scoring 59 out of a possible 60 points in 67 minutes.
