Prosecutor's Office: Soldiers who were sick under Voronezh went in raw clothes

The commander of the military unit near Voronezh, where the soldiers were massively ill , and the head of the first -aid post of the units were removed from the posts following the audit of the Ministry of Defense Commission. The representative of the press service and information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told reporters about this, as Interfax reports on Thursday.

According to him, the Ministry of Defense Commission, which, on the instructions of the Minister of Defense, inspection in military unit No. 20115 (Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region) on the fact of the disease of the military personnel with pneumonia, completed the work.

As the main military prosecutor’s office established, one of the reasons for the mass incidence of soldiers was that the military were not able to dry their things in time and were forced to walk in raw clothing.

Recall that the press is unknown even the exact number of cases: the figure is called from several tens to several hundred. One soldier died.

Meanwhile, Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov called the omissions of the command of the military unit "by the manifestation of glaring negligence and sloppiness." The head of the military department of the Russian Federation made such a statement after he heard the final report of the Ministry of Defense Commission, which, on his instructions, conducted an audit.

The commission found that despite the sufficient and timely allocation of money for medicines for the medical center, the purchased amount of drugs did not meet the required norms.

"The command of the units did not take operational measures to prevent and prevent the spread of infection among military personnel," the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The commission also found that one of the factors that contributed to the rapid spread of colds among military personnel was the reduced immunity of military personnel.

"The results of the study of the epidemiological situation, in the unit, by the specialists of the Main Military Medicine Office, showed the presence of 9 varieties of the virus in patients with pneumonia and acute respiratory viral infections, from which it follows that the virus was in the military unit," the message says.

The press service of the Ministry of Defense reports that at present, hot heating has been supplied to all the barracks and rooms for drying the uniform. The buildings where it was necessary is connected to centralized hot water supply and equipped with forced ventilation. A sufficient supply of medicines and the necessary drugs was created in the medical center. Over the past two weeks, an additional active vitaminization of the personnel of the part has been carried out. "