Chief toxicologist, hematologist of Health Ministry depart for Samara Oblast  

On August 17, the chief toxicologist Rustam Akalayev and the chief hematologist of the Health Ministry of Uzbekistan Khamida Kazakbayeva flew to the Samara Oblast from Tashkent to assist 48 citizens of our country hospitalized and undergoing treatment in the Samara Oblast of Russia with the diagnoses of poisoning.

According to the MFA, four affected people (Ogabek Artikov, Islomboy Kuchkarov, Farkhod Khayitov, Omonboy Ruzimov), who were in serious condition, were transported by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry special board to the National Hematology Research Center in Moscow on August 16 for further treatment. 

In the Russian capital, they were met by employees of the embassy of our country and representative office of the Agency for External Labor Migration of the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of Uzbekistan.

44 Uzbek citizens are still in the Samara regional clinical hospital named after V. D. Seredavin and the Tolyatti city clinical hospital No.1.

It should be recalled that on July 16-17, 69 citizens of Uzbekistan with signs of poisoning of varying severity were taken to the Samara regional clinical hospital and the Tolyatti city clinical hospital No.1. They carried out labor activities at the LLC Koshelevsky Posad in the village of Koshelevka in the Syzran district, Samara Oblast, where they were engaged in gardening. One person died as a result of poisoning.