The case was opened on the fact of the mass death of infants in the Nalchik children's hospital

A criminal case has been opened on the fact of the mass death of infants in the Nalchik children's hospital. Since the beginning of the year, eight babies have died in the intensive care unit, and the Investigative Committee decided to check the media statements that this did not happen due to severe pathologies, but because they turned off the electricity in the hospital. In the Ministry of Health of the KBR, violations were not seen, and now the head of the department has been suspended during the investigation.

According to ITAR-TASS, the official representative of the IC of Russia Vladimir Markin, according to the results of the inspection by the investigating authorities of the RF IC of the Russian Federation under the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a criminal case was instituted on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - "negligence that entailed by negligence the death of two or more persons."

The audit was started after the publication on January 19 in the "newspaper South" that in the first 10 days of this year, eight newborn children died in the city of Nalchik in the city of Nalchik. The investigation confirmed that from January 3 to 11, eight babies died at the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital State Unitary Enterprise in the Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health, 7 of which were on hardware respiration.

The Republican Ministry of Health earlier reported that the audit did not reveal any violations by medical personnel. They stated that all the dead children appeared prematurely, with severe pathologies, and the doctors did everything possible to save them. According to media reports, children died precisely because of constant failures in the supply of electricity . Regular power outages, the duration of which sometimes reached 15-20 minutes, each time led to the fact that the system of artificial ventilation of the lungs turned off.

"Currently, the causes of high deaths of children in the hospital are being established, it turns out whether all the necessary measures were carried out by medical personnel to prevent these facts, as well as the legitimacy of the management of the management of the" Nalchik city electric grid company "regarding the disconnection of electricity in the children's hospital for the specified period," Markin said.

The investigative group includes the most experienced and qualified investigators.

This is not the first incident associated with the death of babies since the beginning of this year. So, Khakassia is investigating the death of two children of the month old, who died in different areas of the republic. Both passed away shortly after a planned vaccination against hepatitis, although they were born healthy. In the blood of one of the babies found traces of a potent drug.

The head of the Republican Ministry of Health was removed

The press service of the head of the republic said that Arsen Kanokov ordered to remove from the post of Minister of Health of the Republic Fatimat Amshokov during the trial of the situation, Interfax reports.

“I will keep this process under personal control. Any such case is a tragedy for us, and those who allowed such negligence will suffer a strict punishment,” the press service of the word of the head of the republic quotes the press service.