The remaining 65.2 billion soums of compensation paid to the victims of "Doc-1 Max" from the state budget — Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health announced that 80 billion UZS in compensation was paid to the families of 88 children affected by 'Doc-1 Max'. Since only 16.8 billion UZS of the damages were recovered from the convicted individuals, the remaining 65.2 billion UZS was covered from the state budget by order of the president.
Remaining 65.2 billion soums of compensation paid to Doc-1 Max victims from the state budget — Ministry of Health
The press service of the Ministry of Health released an official statement regarding the payment of compensation to the families of children affected by the consumption of the medicines Doc-1 Max and Ambronol.
It states that, based on the execution documents of the Tashkent City Criminal Court, the Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement was ordered to collect a total of 82 billion soums in compensation in favor of 90 victims. However, due to the prolonged process of selling the seized property of the guilty parties, only 20 percent of this amount, or 16.8 billion soums, had been paid until now.
Therefore, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev gave instructions to accelerate the work on full coverage of the damage caused, and 65.2 billion soums were allocated from the state budget.
To date, a total of 80 billion soums has been paid to 88 victims. In particular:
It is noted that after technical issues related to bank cards are resolved, the remaining 2 billion soums will be fully paid to the family members of the remaining 2 children as well.
The ministry emphasized that the 65.2 billion soums allocated from the state budget will be returned to the republic's budget from the funds received from the sale of the guilty persons' property and recovered from them.
In addition, the statement notes that representatives of the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies, together with doctors from republican medical centers, are visiting the affected families. Measures are being taken to provide the children with additional necessary medical and psychological assistance.
Earlier, Gazeta, citing its sources, wrote that the remaining 80 percent of the compensation to the Doc-1 Max victims had been paid at the expense of the state, and that doctors and officials from Tashkent were visiting the children who acquired disabilities.
In April 2024, when one of the appeal court sessions was postponed, the parents expressed their protest to the judge. Several of them also appealed to a Gazeta reporter asking not to delay the execution of the court verdict regarding compensation, saying, "The living children need to be saved."
In January 2024, during the first-instance trial, Gazeta wrote about the medical history of Mansurbek Kemamov, who was poisoned by the medicine but was left out of the investigative authorities' list of victims. It also detailed the letters and relevant appeals written by the child's father, Safarali Mansurov, to various authorities to get his son included in the list.
The first-instance court verdict recorded that 68 children died from the drug and 18 acquired disabilities. At a meeting with journalists on the day the verdict was announced, presiding judge Muso Yusupov stated that there was a separate criminal case regarding the status of the victims and that investigative actions were being conducted, and that this case would be submitted to the court as a separate criminal case.
On November 18, 2024, the Uchtepa District Criminal Court announced the court verdict regarding the victims of the Doc-1 Max case who applied later. In it, five more children, including Mansurbek Kemamov, were added to the list of children who acquired disabilities from the drug.
On October 10, 2024, Gazeta published an appeal sent by parents whose children acquired disabilities from the drug and were waiting for full payment of compensation for treatment expenses, with the question "Who should we address now, the president?" In it, some parents reported that due to the complications of the medicine, their children lost their sight and hearing, became unable to walk, suffered severe kidney and stomach damage, and that their condition worsens as the weather cools down. Furthermore, they emphasized that no one was visiting or checking on their children.
In October 2025, parents who had still not received the compensation money in full also sent a video appeal to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.