According to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health press service, families of 88 children affected by the use of the drugs Doc-1 Max and Ambronol in Uzbekistan received a total compensation of 80 billion sums.
In accordance with executive documents issued by the Tashkent Criminal Court, the Enforcement Bureau was supposed to collect 82 billion sums in compensation for the families of 90 affected children.
Initially, an amount of 16.8 billion sums was paid, which accounts for about 20% of the awarded sum. The remaining funds were not received by the families for a long time due to delays in selling property seized from the responsible persons.
To speed up the payment process, the President of Uzbekistan instructed the authorities to ensure full compensation for the material and moral damage suffered by the affected families. A total of 65.2 billion sums was allocated from the state budget to fulfill this instruction.
Of the 80 billion sums already paid, 72.2 billion sums were transferred to the families of 72 deceased children. Another 7.8 billion sums was transferred to the families of 16 children who have undergone or are undergoing treatment.
The remaining 2 billion sums are intended for two other children. The Ministry of Health reported that these payments will be made after resolving technical issues related to bank cards.
It is expected that the funds allocated from the state budget will be returned to the national budget through revenue from the sale of property belonging to the responsible parties, as well as other amounts collected from them.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Ministry of Health and other government agencies, together with doctors from national medical centers, are visiting the affected families to take steps to provide additional medical and psychological support to the children.
