Increes accused the starving doctors of Stavropol of pressure on the investigation

The Infantry Directors accused the pediatricians of the Stavropol Children's Hospital named after Filippsky, who announced the hunger strike in protest against the dismissal and criminal prosecution of the chief physician Vyacheslav Kashnikov, in pressure on the investigation. "The participants of the hunger strike should be known that their action may not be the basis for terminating the criminal case and is nothing more than a public form of pressure on the investigation," the statement said on the website of the regional department of the department.

Also, the TFR notes that he did not initiate the removal of the head physician from office. “Moreover, at the time of the initiation of the criminal case, Kashnikov was already dismissed,” the department says.

The protest of pediatricians began at 16:00 Tuesday. The hunger strike takes place in the assembly hall of the hospital; Six doctors participate in it. According to the participants in the action, if their requirements to terminate the criminal prosecution of Kashnikov and return it to work, other doctors of the hospital will join the hunger strike. Pediatricians are confident in the innocence of the head physician.

Protesting doctors sent telegrams about the action and its requirements to the president’s envoy in the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin, the governor of the region Valery Zereyenkov and the mayor of Stavropol Georgy Kolyagin.

The case against Kashnikov was opened on Friday. He is charged with paragraph "A" of part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power with the use of violence), which provides for up to 10 years of the colony.

The investigation claims that on June 6, the head physician applied violence to the hospital who arrived in the neurological department of the hospital and the television operator of the Rossiya TV channel. They arrived to prepare a report on the circumstances of the issuance of medical certificates, giving the right to early delivery of the exam. "In order to prevent the collection of information, the suspect pushed the journalists, grabbed their hands, causing bruises and physical pain as a result of bruising," the TFR said.

On June 7, a representative of the Leninsky district prosecutor's office of Stavropol said that Kashnikov prevented not only reporters, but also employees of the supervisory department. Those intended to check the authenticity of certificates of the poor health of students admitted to early delivery of the exam and scored 100 points, which were subsequently recognized by Rosobrnadzor unreasonably high. However, when the prosecutors arrived in the hospital, they were not allowed into the territory of the medical institution.

Controllers were able to get to the hospital only after the arrival of the police group of immediate response. In relation to Kashnikov, who gave the guards the instructions not to let prosecutors and journalists open an administrative case for failure to comply with the legal requirements of the prosecutor.

The prosecutor's office also began an audit against the chief physician on the facts of arbitrary actions and causing property damage. It was reported that he ruined the mobile phone of the crew operator.

In addition, the prosecutor's office sent a submission to the head of the Stavropol administration demanding to dismiss Kashnikov. This requirement was fulfilled.