A case was opened in Belgorod after the death of a man who was transported by ambulance for several hours from one hospital to another

Investigators in the Belgorod region opened a criminal case after the death of a 38-year-old patient, who was transported by ambulance for several hours from one hospital to another, according to the website of the regional investigative department.

According to investigators, on May 7, 2016, the man became ill, relatives called an ambulance, which brought him to city hospital No. 1, but they refused to hospitalize him there.

“In an ambulance, the patient was taken to the “Emergency Medical Station”, to City Hospital No. 2, then again, in accordance with the duty schedule, to City Hospital No. 1, where he was placed in the intensive care unit, where on the morning of May 8 the victim died,” the statement says. message.

According to preliminary information, the man died from total right-sided pneumonia.

Investigators opened a criminal case under paragraph “c” of Part 2 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code (provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of a person through negligence).