Irkutsk: The cancer -patient boy died, for the help of which Putin was asked

The cancer patient Vladislav Shestakov from the city of Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Region, for the help of which President Vladimir Putin was asked during a press conference on December 20, 2018, died on Thursday night in a local hospital. This was reported on the website of the regional government.

Since December 5, 2018, three -year -old Vladislav Shestakov was on palliative therapy in the Cheremkhov city hospital No. 1. The condition of the child was daily controlled by specialists of Irkutsk and central Russian clinics.

On January 9, TASS reported that the family refused to treat abroad due to the serious condition of the child and the conclusion of doctors about the patient's non-transportability.

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On December 20, at the Putin’s large press conference, one of the journalists spoke about the serious condition of the boy and asked to help with the transportation of the child to one of the Turkish clinics. The clinics of Spain and Germany refused to accept the boy, considering him non -transportable.

In recent days, the child was connected to artificial lung ventilation. He was on strong painkillers, he was regularly transfused, the agency said.