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In Sverdlovsk Region, probe launched in improper care of elderly people and disabled in Retirement Home

The Sverdlovsk Region Office of the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation in a crime under Part 1 of Article 238 of the RF Penal Code (rendering services that do not meet life and health safety standards) following improper services for caring of elderly citizens and people with disabilities.

According to preliminary data, one of private social institutions (the Retirement Home) located in Avtonomnykh Respublik Street in the city of Yekaterinburg, no care necessary for their age and level of health is not provided to elderly citizens and people with disabilities residing in the facility.

During the probe the investigators are going to give all-round and impartial legal evaluation of the situation, look into legality of activity carried out by the administration of the Retirement Home, ensuring safety of the elderly citizens and people with disabilities staying in the institution, legality of confiscating money and documents form the citizens and if state and municipal social services took enough and well-timed measures to reveal and prevent such a situation. In addition, the investigators will check in the most careful manger the information that money and documents are taken from the elderly citizens and people with disabilities. The investigation is ongoing.