Human rights activists talked about massive disease in the military unit of Novosibirsk

Human rights activists spoke about the mass outbreak of infection in the missile part in the Novosibirsk region. Journalists managed to confirm the information that they deny in the regiment.

“On the“ hot line ”of the human rights organization“ Soldiers' mothers of St. Petersburg ”received appeals from the parents of the military personnel of the military unit 54097 (357th Guards Rocket Regiment), who reported that about 80 people fell ill, they had increased body temperature, nausea and vomiting,” the “soldiers' mothers said in the statement of the“ soldiers' mothers ” Facebook. “Despite the available symptoms, military personnel were not sent to a medical institution, but left in the location of the unit.”

The causes of the disease were not known to human rights activists. They turned to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the military prosecutor’s office demanding that the victims of qualified assistance and establish the causes of the incident.

Officially, the authorities have not yet commented on the statement of activists. The site "NGS.NOSHOV" managed to confirm the information. The publication talked with the mother of one of the victims, who felt bad in the evening of March 18 - he was put with vomiting and a temperature of 39 degrees in the barracks with dozens of soldiers with the same symptoms.

“They placed them in a small barracks,” said Anastasia’s mother. - There everyone was in the gag, no one treated them to treat them. The next day in the morning they were all kicked out - they say, go serve. <...> With metal detectors, they searched for phones for two days, then they also found out that the parents turned to human rights defenders, so they tried to find out where this information came from. ”

All servicemen were forbidden to say anything to parents about their well-being, the woman said. After the parents' appeals, checks began, which confirmed the outbreak of rotavirus infection, noted the source of the publication close to the officers of the 357th missile regiment. “80 people are along with contractors,” he added.

30 people continue to get sick. After the checks, according to the parents of the soldiers, the conditions of service became better.

At the same time, the missile regiment stated that the information was not confirmed and there was no flash of infection: “We worked out a whole group of commissions, everything in the normal mode. Everyone who contacts the medical center for help is in the hospital. We had no 80 people, we gave a refutation to this complaint. This is just a swollen information from nowhere. Parents worry. "

The missile regiment is located in Pashino. It is known that its weapons are the RS-24 Yars.