The Kaliningrad resuscitator was accused of deliberate murder of a premature child. Colleagues stood up for her

The Investigative Committee initiated the case of the intentionally murder of the baby against the acting head physician of the Kaliningrad maternity hospital No. 4 of Elena Belaya and the resuscitator-anesthesiologist of the "regional perinatal center" Elina Sushkevich. White is accused of the organization, and Sushkevich is committed to the murder of a young one (paragraph “in” of part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code), the punishment for which is from eight to 20 years in prison.

According to investigators, on November 6, 2018, a premature child was born in the institution - he weighed 700 grams. White, as investigators believe, thinking that the child will inevitably die, and this will ruin the statistics of the hospital (and reduce the chance of its statements), "as well as wanting to save money expended on maintaining the life support of the maternity building of the maternity hospital on the murder of the newborn."

“Then, at the direction of the White Sushkevich, he introduced the deadly dose of the drug“ magnesium sulfat ”to the newborn, as a result of which his death occurred. Further, at the direction of Belaya, in order to conceal the murder of a minor of the birth, obviously false information was made that there was a fact of intranatal death, that is, the death of the fetus, ”the SK statement said. The investigation claims that the actions of Sushkevich were confirmed by the forensic examination and the testimony of an eyewitness. There are no details about the data of the examination in the UK release.

Both doctors are under house arrest.

What is known about the circumstances of the death of the child

On the night of November 6, 2018, a woman in labor, who came from Uzbekistan, was taken to the hospital No. 4 at the 24th week of pregnancy with pain in the lower abdomen. A few hours later, she had a boy. The sister of the woman in labor told Klopsa that in the morning a brigade from the perinatal center was called to the maternity hospital, but to relatives they said that the boy was alive. The death was reported only on the evening of November 6 - the investigation documents said that the exact time was not established: between 4:30 November 6 and 17:30 on November 7.

In the case file against and. O. The head physician of Belaya also says that at first the child was administered the drug "Kurosurf" and connected to the apparatus of artificial ventilation of the lungs. It was the high cost of the drug (the price can exceed 20 thousand rubles), according to the UK, became one of the reasons for Belaya to instruct "to take possible measures to ensure that the child does not survive." The investigation also insists that Belaya instructed to falsify the death of death in the medical card - having recorded that he was born dead.

The criminal case has been going on for six months

Elena Belaya was arrested on November 16, despite the fact that even the prosecutor’s office insisted on house arrest. At the appeal on November 22, the White was transferred under house arrest. Then it became known that four employees of the maternity hospital told how Belaya demanded “illegal actions” from them. “I am a rather demanding leader. Perhaps this is not quite like the team, ”said in court and. O. The head physician.

Then the case against Belaya was investigated by two episodes of abuse of authority: about the requirement to “take all possible measures so that the child does not survive” and the falsification of the history of childbirth.

In defense of Belaya and Sushkevich, colleagues spoke

Back in November 2018, the National Medical Chamber, led by Leonid Roshal, said that the death of the baby was not associated with an incriminated crime and could be unambiguously established only in the court. Elena Belaya Roshal associated the criminal prosecution with an unhealthy atmosphere in the hospital. Against the conclusion and. O. The Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Anton Alikhanov also acted as the head physician in custody.

Even before the official charges, when it became known about the detention and arrest of Sushkevich, the Russian Society of Neonatologists spoke in its defense. The new accusation of the murder, the chief children's resuscitator of the Ministry of Health Sergey Stepanenko called the absurd: “This is a complete idiocy. We can talk about medical errors; And what is accused of murder, criminal conspiracy is complete nonsense. The child was not left in danger. He was in a medical institution. There is nonsense on delirium! ”