News

Probe launched in Krasnodar Territory into leaving patient without proper medical care

The Krasnodar Territory Office of the Investigative Committee has opened an investigation in endangerment under Article 125 of the RF Criminal Code.

According to investigators, in the early hours of morning of 25 January 2018, an intoxicated man was admitted in a hospital with a broken nose and some other injuries. In the second half of the day, the patient was pushed in a wheelchair outside the premises of the house by a matron and a nurse and left lying on the ground. Some eyewitnesses called paramedics who took the man back to hospital.

Investigators are going to look into actions of both medical staff and doctors, who failed to provide proper medical care. The investigation continues.

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee has ordered that the inquest should be supervised at the Central Office.