Families of children in Dok-1 Max case receive 80 billion soums in compensation

Under the court ruling, 90 victims were entitled to a total of 82 billion soums. This money was supposed to be recovered from those convicted, including through the sale of their seized property. The sale of the property was delayed, and before the budget funds were allocated, the families had received 16.8 billion soums, or about 20% of the sum. According to the ministry, the budget funds were allocated based on an instruction from the president to expedite the restitution of damages.

According to the Ministry of Health, the families of 72 deceased children received 72.2 billion soums, and the families of 16 children who received or continue to undergo treatment received 7.8 billion soums. Another 2 billion soums will be transferred to two families once technical issues with their bank cards are resolved. The Ministry of Health plans to return the 65.2 billion soums from the budget to the treasury through the sale of property belonging to the convicted individuals and collections from them; no timeline for the return has been specified.

Citing parents, Gazeta.uz reported that the money arrived between October 20 and October 24; the payments were confirmed to the publication by Farrukh Toshpulatov, press secretary of the Compulsory Enforcement Bureau under the General Prosecutor's Office. As the Ministry of Health reported, representatives of the ministry and other agencies, together with doctors from national medical centres, are currently visiting the families to arrange additional medical and psychological assistance for the children.

The court of first instance issued its verdict in the case in February 2024. Former heads of the Agency for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry and representatives of Quramax, the official distributor of the drug manufacturer in Uzbekistan, were convicted.